Sunset Clouds over Purple Mountains
date: label: Date
content: 1870–80
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 tumultuous cloudy sky at sunset above a distant mountain range--possibly a view of the Catskills looking north from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. The foreground and middle distance are rendered as broad swathes of deep green paint, while, in the background, a purple mountain range rises at right and slowly descends to a low, round peak at center. Above, a group of dark, low-lying clouds dominates the sky while other low, gray clouds and a brightly lit bank of clouds are visible behind them. A sliver of light blue-green sky shines through at center.
place: label: probably made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place probably 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: 1917-4-1358
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 21.8 x 35.0 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. )