Hudson Valley at Sunset, Looking Southwest

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study showing southwestern view of Hudson River Valley from Church's farm on Long Hill, near Hudson, N.Y. Fields and wooded hillsides visible in foreground. Beyond, the Catskill Escarpment is rendered in purple with Overlook Mountain at center. Fog inundates valley between. Above, partly cloudy twilight sky rendered in gradient from orange to yellow to aquamarine.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
1860–70
Accession Number
1917-4-347-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
landscapes
Object Name
drawing
Type
drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard.
Dimensions
22.6 × 35.1 cm (8 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)
made in
Hudson, New York, USA
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Record ID
chndm_1917-4-347-b
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c290b899-8868-48c2-b5cd-280fe16bb328
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