Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study showing a view of a canyon known to Church as the El Yemen Valley, encountered during his expedition to Petra. Located in the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel, the desolate canyon is made up of a kind of chalky yellow-brown stone. Here, the foreground is sketchily rendered only in graphite before transitioning to oil roughly half way up. The canyon's converging slopes meet at center to form a narrow floor. Cliffs in the background and at right consist of visible bands of layered rock strata. Above, the sky is gentle gradient from yellow to blue.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
February 21, 28, or 29, 1868
Accession Number
1917-4-844
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.8 × 50.9 cm (12 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
made in
Israel
place depicted
Israel
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-844