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Drawing, Moon and Clouds, Terni, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

12 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: warm / luminous / shadows; upper center: bluer / yellowish warm luminous; in graphite, upper right: cool silvery / light on / clouds from / Twilight; in graphite, center: bluish Dark; in graphite, lower right: Moon yellow / beautifully reflected / into clouds; in graphite, verso center: Clouds over & near moon / [struckout: Black] Dark - Clouds / under moon soft shadows / warm suffused with / light - Open sky / warm neutral inclining / to yellow - Sky dark / well above moon / Lights on clouds luminous / and like delicate flakes / of cotton; in graphite, verso lower right: Oct 1st /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Moon and Clouds, Terni, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-698

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