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Drawing, Iceberg and Ice Flower
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June or July 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The icebergs, in Noble’s words, “are a favorite playground of the lines, surfaces and shapes of the whole world, the heavens above, the earth and the waters under: of their sounds, motions and colors also.” Yet Church also realized that only a small portion of each iceberg was visible to him. The “exquisite opalescent blue-green” at the base indicated a larger mass of ice beneath the surface.
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
Its dimensions are
30.6 × 50.8 cm (12 1/16 × 20 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Iceberg and Ice Flower; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard; 30.6 × 50.8 cm (12 1/16 × 20 in.) ; Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-296-b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition After Icebergs.
