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Drawing, Cotacachi from Otavalo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 29, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, oxidized white gouache, and white gouache on white 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

12.3 × 19.7 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower right, L,457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Otabalo; in graphite, center: 2; in graphite, lower center: Remember the ashy lights. The black rocks / and brown grass 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cotacachi from Otavalo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, oxidized white gouache, and white gouache on white wove paper; 12.3 × 19.7 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-125

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