Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1870–80
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 Hudson River Valley and Catskill Escarpment during a winter sunset. Beige ground visible along lower margin. Foreground rendered in deep brownish-purple. Catskill Escarpment visible in distance--Overlook Mountain visible center, Kaaterskill High Peak visible at right. Above, varied twilight sky is dually rendered in orange and green at different points. Above, tumultuous clouds are touched by the red light of the setting sun.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-311
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 22.4 × 30.4 cm (8 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)