End of the Trail

James Earle Fraser, Gorham Company Founders

Modeled 1894; cast 1918

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The work depicts an erupting volcano (Mount Vesuvius) with plume of ash and smoke in distant background, transected by a long horizontal cloud. A vast expanse of placid water (Tyrrhenian Sea), receding in space to the base of the volcano, fills the fore- and middle-ground.
Indian With Tomahawk, United States, watercolor on paper
This black and white photograph represents a desert landscape, including barren trees and mountains. The trees are on dry, flat desert ground. Mountains rise in the distance.
Sidewalk and Shop Front, New Orleans, Walker Evans, gelatin silver print