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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Five Studies of Tree Tops, Rio Magdalena, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-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

21.5 × 28 cm (8 7/16 in. × 11 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - splended masses of / purple flowers - A tree/ & trees / some masses seem / to be in the bud and / appear greensih purp / 2 2 2; in graphite, center: large tree; in graphite, center right: 2 / flowers reddish / purple / lilac; in graphite, lower left: Massive tree, longitudinal / masses with many openings showing / the sky between

Cite this object as

Drawing, Five Studies of Tree Tops, Rio Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray-green laid paper; 21.5 × 28 cm (8 7/16 in. × 11 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-850

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