Gray Iceberg, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape and landscape sketch showing a close view of an immense, gray iceberg in the waters off of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the berg seems at once cubic and pyramidal in shape, having two almost flat, cliff-like sides that meet at a nearly ninety degree angle, as well as a sharp, pointed peak. Likely colored grey because it is in shadow, the iceberg also has patches of luminous blue-green ice. In the background, a mountainous coastline forms a rolling horizon beneath an overcast sky, which the sun attempts to penetrate at upper center. The warm gray tones of the sky are reflected in the rippling water below.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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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: 1917-4-749-a
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 50.9 cm (12 × 20 1/16 in.)