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Drawing, Mountainous Landscape with Boulders, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 22, 1890 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

10.2 × 17 cm (4 × 6 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Inscribed: in graphite, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Feb 22d /90 / coppery; in graphite, upper right: soft warm blue sky / bluer; in graphite, lower left: Black boulders / blue black & brown black / Remember grey sandy road; in graphite, lower right: Luminous yellow / grass

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape with Boulders, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; 10.2 × 17 cm (4 × 6 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1114

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