Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: January 1875
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a westward view of an expansive, somewhat broken cloud bank over the Catskill Mountains, as seen from Church's home, Olana, near Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin, the sharp, undulaging ridge of the Catskill Escarpment forms the horizon. Above, a loosely-rendered bank of puffy clouds extends from the viewer's position to the horizon. The sky is open at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a southward view of an expansive cloud bank over the Catskill Mountains, as seen from Church's home, Olana, near Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin, the sharp, undulaging ridge of the Catskill Escarpment forms the horizon at right. The pointed peak of Overlook mountain is visible at lower center. Above, a loosely-rendered bank of puffy clouds arches across the sky and extends from the viewer's position to beyond the horizon.
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: 1917-4-1110-b
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 tan laid paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12 × 21.8 cm (4 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)