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Drawing, Rain in the Mountains

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1860–1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

11.9 × 19.3 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Dark with dusky warm / reflected lights / silvery blue light fading; center left: grey; center: Dusky orange smoky; center right: ragged sky / purp cloud / dark / Trees; lower right: golden greenish bright / yel subdued / pearly yellow grey / reddish shadow yel / luminous; verso lower center: silvery grey blue / Dark brownish [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rain in the Mountains; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.3 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1172

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