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Drawing, The Catskills at Twilight, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1870–80 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil on tan paperboard. 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

27.9 × 35.9 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in brown ink, verso center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper right: 2 - lovely greenish blue; verso center: very dark / red rich orange shadow; verso center right: orange / 2 blue / blue / light orange / green; verso lower right: Dark [Dark?] blue / brown / greenish light / reddish light

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Catskills at Twilight, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil on tan paperboard; 27.9 × 35.9 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1348

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