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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Sketch of a Bull's Head, Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated November 1844 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

25.6 × 38.8 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper left: red; verso upper right: Nov. 1844 / Sunset; verso center: open spaces here and there / orange / purple / reddish lighting / yellow / sky / dark blue yellow and red (neutral) sky / yellow edges bright / light clouds floating about warm and cool

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch of a Bull's Head, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 25.6 × 38.8 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1403

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