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Drawing, Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Probably Ecuador or Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on grayish 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

Sheet: 27.4 x 44.6 cm (10 13/16 x 17 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at bottom right: S. America

Cite this object as

Drawing, Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Probably Ecuador or Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on grayish paper; Sheet: 27.4 x 44.6 cm (10 13/16 x 17 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-108

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