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Autumn Woods

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Landscape sketch of a wooded hillside, bright with autumn colors, likely in Vermont. A green, partially shaded, and slightly sloping hill extends across the foreground, while a cloud bank fills the blue-gray sky above.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    possibly 1872–73

    Accession Number

    1917-4-800

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

    Dimensions

    28.7x 47.4 cm (11 1/4 x 18 9/16 in. )

    probably made in

    Vermont, USA

    place probably depicted

    Vermont, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48ef00f62-6f66-49c6-9eb5-9066d7dfe83a

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-800

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