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Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1860–70 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green 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

11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: 2 - Brilliant light - open sky blue & yel- / 3 - Green blue brilliant / 9; upper center: 4 4 4; upper right: pink / p; center left: 6 6; center: 5 / 5 2 / 5 10; center right: greenish / smoky 2 2; lower center: 7 8; verso upper center: 2 - quiet luminous red orange / 3 - deep warm neut blue / 4 - Dark blue grey cloud all harmonious / 3 / 2 / 4

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1169

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