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Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York, August 1871

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1871 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green 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

12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: purple / blur greenish; in graphite, upper center: Yellowish / from / clouds; in graphite, upper right: lake / light cool / purple; in graphite, center left: Dark; in graphite, center: rosy; in graphite, center right: alternating streaks of / laky lights and / pleasant green blue; in graphite, lower left: Aug - 71; in graphite, lower center: red orange / green / smoky / brandy smoky / cooler 2 - rich vermillion orange

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York, August 1871; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1040

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