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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, View from Olana, Middle of Afternoon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 14, 1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

21.8 × 31.9 cm (8 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: A golden green in light / B red farm / C white house / D ploughed land reddish orange; in graphite, upper right: 2 - Brilliant cream white / 3 - warmy smoky luminous shadow / 4 - clear blue / 5 - Transparent warm shadow lum. / 6 - neut - luminous glow stealing in from left to right at -7- / 7; in graphite, center left: lum / A / B / C; in graphite, center: 2 / 3 / 3 / D D; in graphite, center right: 4 / 2 / 5 / 3 / 6 / 7; in graphite, lower right: Home June 14th /1870 / Middle of afternoon

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from Olana, Middle of Afternoon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 21.8 × 31.9 cm (8 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-954

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