Winter Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: possibly 1870–1871
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 winter sunset over the Catskill Escarpment, looking southwest from the artist's estate known as Olana. Loosely rendered, the middle distance comprises of the Hudson River and rolling terrain at the foot of the mountains. In the distance, Overlook and Plattekill Mountains rae partly enshrouded by clouds at center left, while Indian Head Mountain is included at center. The rest of the Escarpment loosely trails off to the right. Above, a low-lying bank of dark clouds intermingles with other puffy and wispy clouds as the sun sets behind them and illuminates the sky.
label: Description
content: Verso: Indistinct design, possibly an architectural detail.
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: 1917-4-962-b
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 and oxidizing white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)