Foster, Tony, 1946-, Camp 6, mile 135, [2017 June 16-17]
- Title(s):
- Camp 6, mile 135.
- Published/Created:
- [Grand Canyon, Arizona], [2017 June 16-17]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite on wove paper, with sediments in glass vials and map ; frame 59 x 51 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts In ProcessAccessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/alma/99158861853408651
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Notes:
- Handwritten text in lower left-hand corner of watercolor: "Day 6/7. Camp 6. Looking downriver."
Handwritten text below the watercolor: "Camp 6. Mile 135. Football Field Dune looking SE downriver. 16 June. Hike Blacktail Canyon. 1.6 billion year old rocks. Stone Creek + Deer Creek for waterfalls. Black tie party for raft-men Ray's retirement. 17 June. Nearly destroy painting. A fine line between success + failure! Havasu Canyon jumping into turquoise selzer [sic] water. Stung by a scorpion my hand swells. Packing difficult. Fly back to Marble Canyon. Tony Foster."
Watercolor drawing from a series of six drawings that provide a visual diary of Tony Foster's rafting expedition down the Colorado River in 2017. The watercolor is framed along with a small map, marked with an X to indicate the painted location, and two glass vials filled with sediment samples. The bottom of the frame features writing in graphite, providing concise account of the day. - Subject Terms:
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel.Rafting (Sports) -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
- Form/Genre:
- Diaries.
Drawings.
Watercolors. - Export:
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Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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