Surf Pounding Against the Rocky Maine Coast
date: label: Date
content: 1862
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and seascape sketch showing a view of surf pounding against the rugged coast of Maine at Mt. Desert Island. In the immediate foreground, nearby rocks encroach into the scene while, beyond them at right, a large wave crashes against the coastal cliffs and jettisons a cloud of foam and mist into the air. In the middle distant, frothing, churning surf is colored light bluish green with numerous white highlights emphasizing the whitecaps. At center, a long, dark, and rocky spit of land extends into the water and serves as one of the scene's focal points. In the background, rolling and heavily wooded terrain is visible across an ocean channel. Above, the sky is colored a hue of blue-green.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: place depicted
content: Maine, 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: 1917-4-1324
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on off-white paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 30 × 50.7 cm (11 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)