Königssee Tree, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: July 16, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical and landscape sketch showing a detailed view of a deciduous tree that grows out of a massive boulder near the Königssee in Bavaria, present day Germany. Dominating the composition at center, the tree's writhing roots twist around boulder's cracks and crevice before submerging themselves in the soil below. Above, the tree's lower boughs and branches are almost entirely leafless. The bumpy, undulating form of the rocky outcropping cradles the tree on all sides.
place: label: made in
content: Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Bavaria, Germany
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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: 1917-4-547-c
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 × 43.5 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/8 in.)