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Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February and March 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey 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

11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - Dazzling gold / 3 - warm quiet / 4 - purple deep laky / 5 - Dark warm neut / 6 - Open sky low / toned; in graphite, center left: 6 / 5 5 / 3 / 3 2 3 4; in graphite, center: laky; in graphite, lower right: Feb 1865; in graphite, verso upper right: 2 Delicious Pinky / 3 - part golden edged / 4 - blurred with golden pinky glow / 5 - rich golden greenish / 6 - rich purple blue / 7 - smoky warmer / 8 - Delicate turquoise blue / twinkling through; in graphite, verso center left: Detail; in graphite, verso lower right: Morning / Mar 1865

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1167-a

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