In the Maine Woods
date: label: Date
content: probably 1876–1881
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 large tree in the dense woods of Maine. In the foreground, a tree with a slender trunk grows between two large, moss-covered boulders, at left. Dominating the composition at center, a colossal tree trunk with in immense diameter rises out of the forest floor and extends out of view. Dappled sunlight falls upon portions of the tree and the moss beside it. In the background, several dark tree trunks are loosely rendered among a mass of green vegetation.
place: label: made in
content: Maine, 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: 1917-4-852
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 graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 × 17.8 cm (12 1/16 × 7 in.)