Sunset over Kaaterskill Clove, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: March 1845
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 sun setting over Kaaterskill Clove, near Catskill, New York. In the distance, the undulating outline of the Catskill Escarpment stretches across the horizon. At left, one ridge descends in front of another, marking the opening of Kaaterskill Clove. At far left, the peaks of Kaaterskill High and Round Top are visible. At center, the sun begins to set over the ridge, sending rays of light upward across the sky.
label: Description
content: Verso: Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing an expansive view of diverse clouds stretching into the distance in the skies over Catskill, New York. Alternating layers of puffy and hazy clouds stretch horizontally across the composition. Along the lower margin, the rugged outline of the Catskill Escarpment provides the sky with a sense of scale.
place: label: made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: Catskill, 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: 1917-4-1436
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 wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 18.9 cm (4 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.)