Sunset over the Catskills, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: September 1844 and June 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 sunset behind the Catskill Escarpment, near Catskill, New York. Windham High Peak is visible at right while puffy clouds arch over the ridge. Gently rolling terrain is visible in the middle distance in front of the range.
label: Description
content: Verso: Botanical sketch showing a close look at a split tree branch in or near Catskill, New York. Seemingly intersecting like a cross or "plus" symbol, the branch's split ends are torn, fibrous, and uneven.
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: 1917-4-1431
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.)