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Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1868-1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on green laid 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

12.6 × 17.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Dark laky purple; in graphite, center: 5 5 / brown / laky purple / golden / smoky yellowish / laky; in graphite, center right: 6 4; in graphite, lower left: rich laky / smoky purple (glow); in graphite, lower right: faint red

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over the Catskills; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on green laid paper; 12.6 × 17.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1148

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