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Mountain Landscape at Sunset

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Landscape sketch showing view of mountain valley at sunset (or possibly sunrise) bounded by two rugged ridges. Stream and bank in foreground extend into green, wooded valley in middle distance at center and left. Mountains on either side are rugged and, at right, crowned with rocky cliffs. Clouds above are illuminated pink and magenta by the light of the setting sun, which also falls on the mountaintop at right.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    1850–56

    Accession Number

    1917-4-417

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and oil, graphite on cardboard

    Dimensions

    20.4 × 28.1 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

    made in

    USA

    place probably depicted

    New Hampshire, 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/kq480d85688-f8ad-4a1f-9c2b-5c40ebc8f0a0

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-417

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