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Sunset in the Hudson Valley
Frederic Edwin Church1870–75
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal view with the center middleground filled by hilly country with an inlet of the Hudson River and right middlegound by the Catskill Mountains below loosely brushed lavender and pink clouds, with bright pink and yellow at right; an irregular bottom margin shows brownish gray grounding color.
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- Title: Sunset in the Hudson Valley
- Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
- Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
- Date Created: 1870–75
- Physical Dimensions: w507 x h304 cm
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium: Brush and oil paint on paperboard
- Viewing Notes: Green, hilly country is broken by an inlet of the Hudson River meandering in the middle distance. The Catskill Mountains climb along the right horizon, under loosely brushed lavender, pink and yellow clouds. An irregular bottom margin shows brownish gray grounding color.
- Provenance: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Paper Support: Paperboard with green back
- Exhibitions: Philadelphia, PA - Arthur Ross Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania, "Frederic E. Church: Under Changing Skies," September 26, 1992 - December 13, 1992; Travelled to: Katona, NY - Katonah Museum of Art, January 9, 1993 - March 14, 1993; Hanover, NH - Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, April 10, 1993 - June 20, 1993.New York, NY - SITES, "Close Observation, Selected Oil Sketches by Frederic E. Church. Travelled 1978-1980.
- Dimensions: Sheet: 30.4 x 50.7 cm (11 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography: Dee, Elaine Evans. Frederic E. Church: Under Changing Skies (Philadelphia, PA:Arthur Ross Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania, 1992), 36, 43 (illus. 61), no. 62.Stebbins, Jr., Theodore. Close Observation: Selected Oil Sketches by Frederic E. Church (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978), 103, no. 100.
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