An oil on canvasboard of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, 24" x 20"canvasboard size, framed in a brown wood frame with a white linen liner, 31-1/2" x 27-1/4"overall.
El Capitan is a 3,000 foot vertical rock formation in Yosemite Valley and Yosemite National Park. It is one of the most popular monoliths with rock climbers in the world. The name "El Capitan" was a translation from the Native American name "To-to-kon oo-lah", which was named after "To-to-kon", a Paiute chief of the natives of the area. The top of El Capitan can be reached by hiking out of Yosemite Valley on the trail next to Yosemite Falls, then proceeding west. For climbers, the challenge is to climb up the sheer granite face; there are dozens of named climbing routes, all of them long and difficult. It has been the subject of many famous artists' paintings within the last 200 years; one of the most famous being the black and white photographic image by Ansel Adams in the 20th Century.
100/200 Sold $350.75
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