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Winter Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Looking Southwest from Olana

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Landscape sketch showing southwestern view of Hudson River Valley from Church's farm on Long Hill, near Hudson, N.Y. Fields and wooded hillsides visible in foreground. Beyond, the Catskill Escarpment is rendered in purple with Overlook Mountain at center. Fog inundates valley between. Above, partly cloudy twilight sky rendered in gradient from orange to yellow to aquamarine.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    1865–75

    Accession Number

    1917-4-347-b

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    drawing

    Type

    drawing

    Medium

    Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

    Dimensions

    22.6 × 35.1 cm (8 7/8 × 13 13/16 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/kq4c290b899-8868-48c2-b5cd-280fe16bb328

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-347-b

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