Autumn Foliage

Object Details

Date
1855 - 1875
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study showing view of autumn foliage on a wooded hillside. A dark, seemingly backlit tree at center serves as focus. Muddled, sloped foreground descends gently from left to right. Line of tall trees in fall colors stands in middle distance. Dark blue sky defines background.
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Accession Number
1917-4-1346-c
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Medium
Oil on paperboard
Dimensions
23.1 × 28.7 cm (9 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq489fb4833-dce4-4f20-8773-b771a752e58c
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-1346-c