Mountain Range and Figures, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: 1883–1884
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and figure sketches from Mexico showing views of a rugged mountain range and three figures. In the background, a craggy mountain range with two sharp peaks extends across the horizon, while a church-like formation is visible in its base at center. Along the lower margin, three loose figure sketches are included: at lower right, a child with long hair and tattered clothing; at lower center, the head and shoulders of a figures wearing a brimmed hat shown in right profile; and at lower left, the upper body of an individual wearing draped clothing, also in right profile. All figure sketches oriented to the right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch of a large, rectangular building nestled in the mountains of Mexico. In the foreground, loosely rendered terrain arches in a shallow "U," framing the view of a rectangular building in the middle distance at center. Flanked by vegetation on either side, the structure has multiple short towers and a white facade. In the background, a large, pyramidal, and loosely rendered mountain peak looms over the scene.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1207
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 light green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.3 × 16.8 cm (4 1/16 × 6 5/8 in.)