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Drawing, Foundering Icebergs near Battle Harbour, Canada
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 7 and 9, 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on light green wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Church would spend anywhere from a few minutes to several hours sketching each iceberg, studying the form from different vantage points. After first sketching the outline of each iceberg in pencil, Church moved on to color studies using oil paint. In the sketch at left, the artist documented an iceberg breaking apart during his voyage to Battle Harbour, near Cape St.Lewis. Below, an earlier sketch recorded a different iceberg revolving after an avalanche.
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
Its dimensions are
26.4 × 45.4 cm (10 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso upper left, verso upper center, verso upper right, verso center, verso lower center, verso lower right: L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center left: July 7th. /59 / Iceberg July 9th / same after being foundered / same later / Above foundering; in graphite, lower center: Iceber 2 - revolving after an avalanche; in graphite, lower right: - Iceberg - - 2 -; in graphite, verso lower right: 37 East 16th. (Church)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Foundering Icebergs near Battle Harbour, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light green wove paper; 26.4 × 45.4 cm (10 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-297-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition After Icebergs.
