Sunset from Olana
date: label: Date
content: July 1, 1870
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the sunset over the Catskill Escarpment, as seen from the artist's estate in Hudson, New York, known as Olana. In the foreground, treetops and left and center right partially obscure the view of the landscape beyond. Loosely rendered, the Hudson River stretches across the composition along the valley floor in the middle distance. Rolling terrain extends from the river to the Catskill Mountains, which form a rugged, serrated horizon in the background. The prominent, rounded peak at left is Blackhead Mountain while the two sharp summits at center are Acra Point and Windham High Peak. Above, a towering cloud formation is brightly and variously illuminated by the light of the setting sun. At upper left, a sliver of a crescent moon hangs in the twilight sky.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1917-4-282
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 on heavy white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.2 × 31.9 cm (9 1/8 × 12 9/16 in.)