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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June–July 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light green wove paper. 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

22 × 27.3 cm (8 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: purple blue / 6 / 5 5 / 6 / 2 2 2 / 3 3 3; in graphite, center left: 4 / very dark / purple / green -; in graphite, center right: cool; in graphite, lower left: 2 - Delicious blue bloom / 3 - laky / 4 - Splendid warm gold / 5 - Cloud illuminated a little duller than rock / 6 - clear silvery open sky; in graphite, lower right: Berchtesgaden

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light green wove paper; 22 × 27.3 cm (8 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-606

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