Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1870–1890
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 a twilight sky over the Catskill Mountains, as viewed from or near the artist's property in Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin, a short hill range is rendered in dark purple. Stretching across the composition, the Catskill Escarpment is rendered in a lighter shade of purple. The highest peak at center left is Blackhead Mountain, while the sharp summit at center right is Windham High Peak. Just above the rugged ridge, hazy clouds are brightly illuminated in shades of orange, cream, gold, and pink by the light of the setting sun. The sky is otherwise rendered in a gradient from light purple to orange.
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: 1917-4-552-a
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and pencil on white paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 14.7 × 45.9 cm (5 13/16 × 18 1/16 in.)