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Drawing, Sunset over the Catskills, Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated November and July 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

25.8 × 38.8 cm (10 3/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 1 purple lighted up with 2 golden / 3 ragged with a red and orange light / No. 4 very little lighted generally an indescribable color; in graphite, upper right: Nov 1844; in graphite, center: blue / 4 4 / 3 3 / blue / 1 / 2 / 2 / warm; in graphite, verso lower right: July 1844

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset over the Catskills, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; 25.8 × 38.8 cm (10 3/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-4

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