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Drawing, Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on cream wove paper, laid down. 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
46 × 31.4 cm (18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamp in black ink, lower left (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite with figures and: rock; lower right: 2 Beautiful effect of spring from / Tequendama falls over the rock which is sloped / with tender green / 3 yellow light - the remainder of the / rock in the chasm is dark brown, to the right / rich with ochrous colors / 4 water - rapid / 5 macaw on rock at the right / Beautiful effect Verso: Inscribed in graphite, below each of three sketches: rock
Cite this object as
Drawing, Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on cream wove paper, laid down; 46 × 31.4 cm (18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-265
