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Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 1875 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan laid 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

12 × 21.8 cm (4 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: open; in graphite, center: 2 / 2 / 3; in graphite, lower left: purple / Jan 1875; in graphite, lower center: 2 - delicious orange glow (concentrated) / 3 - green gold (open); in graphite, verso center: 2 2 2 2 2; in graphite, verso lower left: Jan 1875; in graphite, verso lower margin: Same as last but glow confined to 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite; 12 × 21.8 cm (4 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1110-b

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