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Drawing, Sunset across the Catskills

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1870–80 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint on paperboard. 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

24.4 x 43.2 cm (9 5/8 x 17 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamped in brown ink: Cooper Union ?

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset across the Catskills; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint on paperboard; 24.4 x 43.2 cm (9 5/8 x 17 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1317

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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