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Drawing, Hills across a Plain in Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January–February 1890 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove paper. 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

10.2 × 17 cm (4 × 6 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: Blue; in graphite, lower left: reddish streaks & / blotches in foreground; in graphite, lower margin: 1890 [not in Church's hand] / Luminous (dead grass) yellow very like / this paper - sky quiet grey blue at / Horizon

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hills across a Plain in Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; 10.2 × 17 cm (4 × 6 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1119

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