Confluence of the Catskill and the Kaaterskill, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: July and November 1844
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 confluence of the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks in Catskill, New York. Treetops and bushes stretch across the immediate foreground and lead to a tree that frames the view at left. In the middle distance at center right, Kaaterskill Creek curves around a wooded piece of land with houses at center left. The exact confluence of the two creeks is visible at center right, with Catskill Creek extending out of view at right. Behind the houses, the steep opposite bank of the Kaaterskill rises abruptly. In the background, three prominent peaks around Kaaterskill Clove are clearly visible at center. From left to right, they are Kaaterskill High Peak, Roundtop Mountain, and South Mountain. The rest of the Catskill Escarpment extends across the horizon and out of view at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the sunset over Catskill, New York, looking south. Wooded terrain extends across the lower portion, leading to a view of Overlook and Plattekill Mountains at right. Groups of puffy clouds extend across the sky above, with a large, billowing cloud at upper left.
place: label: made in
content: Catskill, NY, 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: 1917-4-1291
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 off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 25.7 × 38.6 cm (10 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)