Mountains and a Hut, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: February–April 1889
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a hut in the mountainous terrain of Mexico. In the foreground at right, a kind of domed, earthen hut is shown with a dark entryway facing us. A figure stands beside it at left while other indistinct objects are visible around it. Across a flat and partially shadowed plain that comprises the middle distance, an immense, bulging mountain range stretches across the horizon. At center, a large structure, perhaps a castle, monastery, or church, is perched atop one of the foremost prominences as it is cast in dark shadow by a group of puffy clouds above. Behind it, the range ascends to a rolling and partially darkened ridge.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a partial view of a mountain range in Mexico, at upper right. Likely a small fragment of a larger panoramic view.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1251-a
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: 10.2 × 17.4 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.)