Cloud Sketch, Sunset
date: label: Date
content: 1870–1890
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketch showing a loosely rendered view of billowing storm clouds at sunset, likely over the Hudson River Valley. With a bright pink patch at center right, the clouds are characterized by their voluminous form, fluid brushwork, and purple hues. The sky is, otherwise, open and light bluish-green. A hillside may be suggested in the lower right corner.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-552-b
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 and pencil on white paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 14.9 × 46 cm (5 7/8 × 18 1/8 in.)