Figure Sketches with a Skunk, East Hampton, New York
date: label: Date
content: July 1858 and February 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketches showing eight views of individuals likely at the beach in East Hampton, New York, with a skunk and the head of another. At center, four individuals--seemingly three women and one man--are viewed from behind as their clothes flutter in the wind. The smallest figure sketch at center right is a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and what appears to be a period swimsuit. At upper right and far right, four partial figure studies are also included. At lower left, a skunk is shown in right profile as it walks on grass; the outlined head of another skunk is beside it at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Portion of a panoramic view showing, along the right margin, a slice of clouds in the sky over New York City, likely at sunset or sunrise. Majority of sketch on 1917-4-803.
place: label: probably made in
content: East Hampton, New York, USA
label: place probably depicted
content: East Hampton, New York, USA
label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: New York, 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: 1917-4-1005-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on off-white paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.8 × 19.8 cm (4 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)