Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley at sunset. Above, clouds tinged in orange are suspended before the rich colored gradient of the twilight sky. Below, an inlet from the Hudson River comprises the foreground, where a row boat travels across its still surface at right. Tree trunk at lower left frames a view of the rugged Catskills in the background.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1870–80
Accession Number
1917-4-794
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil on paperboard
Dimensions
29.2 × 45.9 cm (11 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)
made in
near Hudson, New York, USA
place depicted
New York, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-794