Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing view of autumn foliage on a wooded hillside, possibly in Vermont. A dark, seemingly backlit tree at center serves as focus. Muddled, sloped foreground descends gently from left to right. Line of tall trees in fall colors stands in middle distance. Dark blue sky defines background.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1865–74
Accession Number
1917-4-1346-c
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil on paperboard
Dimensions
23.1 × 28.7 cm (9 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
probably made in
Vermont, USA
place probably depicted
Vermont, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-1346-c