The Great Basin, Mt. Katahdin, Maine
date: label: Date
content: probably 1877
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 Mt. Katahdin's Great Basin from the eastern shore of Chimney Pond in Maine. The upper portion of the composition is completed in oil paint while the lower portion is loosely sketched in graphite--including the surface of the pond and nearby rocks or vegetation in the foreground. Beyond the pond in the middle distance, the walls of the Basin begin to steeply ascend at left and right. A dark shadow falls from the ridgeline at left, indicating the sun's position in the southwestern sky, showing that this work was likely completed in the late afternoon. Finally, in the background, the dramatic and rugged eastern face of Katahdin rises high into the sky, creating a high, serrated horizon. Blue sky is visible above--brighter at left and darker at right.
place: label: made in
content: Maine, USA
label: place depicted
content: Maine, 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: 1917-4-622-a
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 and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 30.7 x 50.9 cm (12 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)