Sketch of a Cloudy Sky
date: label: Date
content: 1870–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky, likely over the Hudson River Valley of New York. At lower center, a loosely rendered mountain range forms an undulating horizon across the composition, with two stick figure trees at right. Above, a tumultuous mix of puffy and hazy clouds are variously illuminated in dark and light tones by the light of the sun. At center, a series of particularly dark clouds arches across the sky.
place: label: probably made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place probably 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: 1917-4-962-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: Graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 16.4 × 20.4 cm (6 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)