Canyon in the El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
date: label: Date
content: February 20, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch of a view in the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin (known to Church as El Yemen Valley) in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel. At right, a sloping canyon wall descends from right to center, where it meets other ledges and prominences on the valley floor. In foreground at center, a road curves its way around a slope at center. In the middle distance, a massive canyon wall stretches across the composition, marked by linear rock strata and numerous washes. Other mountains visible in the background at left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch of a canyon wall in the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin (known to Church as El Yemen Valley) in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel. Rocky and rugged, the wall streches horizontally across the composition with two prominent vertical cliffs. In lower margin, several washes are visible.
place: label: made in
content: Israel
label: place depicted
content: Israel
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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: 1917-4-465
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on white wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 20.1 cm (4 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)