Clouds at Twilight, Color Effects, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1865–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing the color effects of twilight over the Hudson River Valley, as seen from or near the artist's property in Hudson, New York. The middle distance is a dark, hastily-rendered expanse of dark brown that leads to the Catskill Escarpment. Stretching across the horizon, the mountain range is loosely rendered in dark purple, while numerous puffy and low clouds hang in the sky above, catching touches of red sunset light. The sky behind is a vivid gradient from blue along the upper margin to fiery orange-red along the horizon.
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: 1917-4-382
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on bright green paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.3 × 50.8 cm (11 15/16 × 20 in.)