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Drawing, Mountains near Zapotlanejo, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 7, 1885 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white 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

10 × 17.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 - Brilliant yel green / 3 - Dark trees; in graphite, center: reddish / brown / mid tints / 2 / gold - Brown / green streaks; in graphite, center right: Blue Blue / Brown slopes / yellow field / cattle / very - strong -; in graphite, lower left: Zapotlan (Cab); in graphite, verso center: cactus cactus; in graphite, verso lower left: mid green; in graphite, lower center: Soft yellowish grey & brown lights on dry grass / Brown rocks with yellowish lights; in graphite, lower right: brown gold streaks / metallic glitter / Cuitzeo Lake / Jan 7- /85

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountains near Zapotlanejo, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10 × 17.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1065

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