Backlit Clouds
date: label: Date
content: September 1844
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketch of a backlit cumulus cloud with silver lining, likely in or near Catskill, New York. Shaded, the cloud is characterized by its billowing, rounded forms that descend from left to right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Unfinished figure sketch of an individual's nude backside. Only their back and buttocks are shown.
place: label: probably made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place probably depicted
content: Catskill, 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: 1917-4-996-a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.8 × 18.9 cm (4 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.)