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Drawing, A Suggestive Arrangement of Sky, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1854 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light green wove paper. 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
27.4 × 38.3 cm (10 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Sep. 1854 / Mt Desert; in graphite, lower right: A suggestive arrangement of sky &c / The great mass at the left was a dark cold grey or purple / and the hills and distance were wrapped in the same / unpromising gloom while the house caught a warm / reflected light from the open sky which was bright and / cheerful. The shaded cloud was uniformly dark - the / others lighter and warmer and all were fringed with a warm / reflected glow
Cite this object as
Drawing, A Suggestive Arrangement of Sky, Mt. Desert Island, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light green wove paper; 27.4 × 38.3 cm (10 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-653
