The Catskill Escarpment at Sunset, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: possibly 1860
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 the Catskill Escarpment at sunset, as seen from a point on or near the artist's property in Hudson, New York. Multiple topographic features are recognizable at center: Blackhead Mountain at left, Acra Point and Windham High Peak at right, and Cairo Round Top, the shorter prominence before the range at center. The rest of the range extends out of frame at left and right. Groups of wispy cirri and puffy cumulus clouds intermingle in the sky above as they are variously colored and illuminated by the light of the setting sun.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the sunset over the Catskills, as seen from the artist's property in Hudson, New York. The contour of the northern portion of the Catskill Escarpment forms an undulating horizon across the composition, with the summits of Acra Point and Windham High Peak visible at center. Long layers of mixed clouds hang just above the ridge, blocking the sun, which in turn sends rays of light emanating overhead. Above, several puffy clouds are brightly lit by these sunbeams.
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: 1917-4-1019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and oxidized white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 19.6 cm (4 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)