Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing a darkened view of rolling hills and broad valley at twilight, possibly a view of the Hudson Valley from an elevated perspective along the Catskill Escarpment. Upper portion defined by vivid orange clouds and gradations of an aquamarine sky.
Verso: Architecture sketch of a log cabin.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1870–80
Accession Number
1917-4-1325
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Bursh and oil on paperboard; verso: graphite
Dimensions
30.6 x 51 cm (12 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
probably made in
New York, USA
place probably depicted
New York, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-1325