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The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Landscape sketch showing a view of the Catskill Mountains at sunset, as viewed from or near the artist's property known as Olana. Wooded hills rendered in hues of green and purple overlap one another in the foreground and middle distance, while in the background, the northern range of the Catskill Escarpment is streaked with the sunset's orange rays. The clouds and atmosphere above are suffused in luminous golden light. The creamy gray ground is visible along the upper margin.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    June 1870

    Accession Number

    1917-4-724

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

    Dimensions

    11.4 × 22.8 cm (4 1/2 in. × 9 in.)

    made in

    Hudson, New York, USA

    place depicted

    New York, 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/kq4b50c9c94-02c1-4728-89d7-d2def322d447

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-724

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