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Drawing, Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 24, 1863 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: warm / Cold grey; in graphite, upper center: 3 / 4; in graphite, upper right: July [overwritten: 23] 24d 1863 / 2 / golden; in graphite, center: 5 red 5; in graphite, lower left: 5 - Exquisite warm grey with a creamy bloom yellowish / Mountains bluer; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Delicious blue brilliant yellowish / 3 - Golden dusky / 4 - golden brandy; in graphite, verso center left: coppery glow; in graphite, verso center: gold

Cite this object as

Drawing, Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1016

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