Sun Rays behind Clouds, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: September 1869
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 view of a backlit clouds near Church's home in upstate New York, known as Olana. Dominating the composition at center, this billowing cloud bank is rendered almost entirely in shadow, as it blocks the view of the sun behind it. At upper center, rays of sunlight emanate from behind the cloud. Below, other puffy cloud formations are also included.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, 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: 1917-4-930-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on green laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.5 × 17.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)