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Drawing, Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 6, 1844 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
11.8 × 18.9 cm (4 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper margin: 1 Orange brilliant / 2 whitish yellow quite bright / 3 A flat cloud - the color - a sort of indescribable cool purplish / grey / the sky / no color at all / somewhat darker than / 4 - blue sky / 5 - Gold - bluish - 6 light to 5 cold - whitish / 7 - This cloud is red and quite bright at the top fading into the main cloud / Aug 6 1844; in graphite, center left: 3 2 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 6 / 5 6 7 / 6 / 5; in graphite, center: 4 / 2 2 / 3 3 / 3 / 6 5 6 / 3 /5 / 3; in graphite, lower left: 6 / 3
Cite this object as
Drawing, Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.8 × 18.9 cm (4 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1425
