Mossy Boulder, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: August 1845
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 detailed view of a large moss-covered boulder in or near the town of Catskill, New York. Dominating most of the composition, the boulder is situated in the immediate foreground. In addition to numerous fissures and cracks, its surface is decorated with large, gray-green patches of moss and lichen. The numerous blades of grass that surround it are clearly delineated. In the background, the trunks of three trees are visible against lightly applied green paint, through which the brick colored ground is visible.
place: label: made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: Catskill, 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: 1917-4-328-a
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: Oil on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 25 × 32.6 cm (9 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.)