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Drawing, Rugged Mountain Across a Plain; Verso: Figures, Landscape

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated December 21, 1884 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

10.2 × 17.3 cm (4 × 6 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: smoky yel sky under sun / delicate blue / Blue purp / vast plain of green bushes; in graphite, lower left: Dec 21/84; in graphite, verso upper left: plucking maize; in graphite, verso center: cooler / warm sky / yellow hill top lighted by / sun scattered bushes green & brown; in graphite, verso lower center: corn gold and brown / with pinkish grey -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rugged Mountain Across a Plain; Verso: Figures, Landscape; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.2 × 17.3 cm (4 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1121

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