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Drawing, Foundering Iceberg
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 7 and 9, 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on blue-green wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Church would spend anywhere from a few minutes to several hours sketching each iceberg, studying the form from different vantage points. After first sketching the outline of each iceberg in pencil, Church moved on to color studies using oil paint. In the sketch at left, the artist documented an iceberg breaking apart during his voyage to Battle Harbour, near Cape St.Lewis. Below, an earlier sketch recorded a different iceberg revolving after an avalanche.
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
Its dimensions are
26.4 × 45.4 cm (10 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, below iceberg in top row at left: July 7th. / 59; below iceberg in second row, left: Iceberg July 9th; below iceberg in second row, center: same after being foundered; below iceberg in third row, left: Above foundering; below iceberg in third row, center: same later; lower center: Ice berg 2 - revolving after an avalanche; lower right: -Ice-berg- –2–
Cite this object as
Drawing, Foundering Iceberg; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on blue-green wove paper; 26.4 × 45.4 cm (10 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-297-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition After Icebergs.
