Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1870–80
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of clouds at sunset over a the Catskill Mountains, as seen from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York. Vibrant peach- and cream-colored clouds are illuminated by the light of the setting sun, while others remain in shadow, deep purple. Sky behind them is articulated in a gradient from yellow-green to a deep aquamarine. Loosely-rendered ridgeline visible in lower portion with upper branches of a tree visible in immediate foreground at lower right.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-384-a
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 26 × 35.4 cm (10 1/4 × 13 15/16 in.)