Icebergs at Sunset, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and seascape sketch showing a view of immense icebergs at sunset, witnessed during the artist's expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. In the foreground at left, a dark wall of ice descends vertically to a flatter, craggy section at center, which immediately ascends again to form a kind of rounded pillar at center. Behind it, a tall and massive iceberg extends diagonally into the distance, forming a sort of canal at right, bounded by another craggy ice cliff at far right. Sky above filled with rosy red clouds illuminated by the setting sun, whose red-orange light reflects off of the bergs throughout the scene.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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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: 1917-4-707
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 16.3 × 26.4 cm (6 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)