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Painter:
Church, Frederic Edwin 1826-1900  Search this
Medium:
Oil on paper mounted on board
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1858-1860
Notes:
Sharp, Kevin, "For Spacious Skies: Hudson River School Paintings from the Henry and Sharon Martin Collection," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2005, no. 6.
"Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church's Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin," Hudson, NY: Olana Partnership and Cornell University Press, 2012, pg. 43.
"Frederic Edwin Church: Romantic Landscapes and Seascapes," New York: Adelson Galleries, 2007, no. 15.
Summary:
Sunset scene depicting Mt. Katahdin silhouetted against a brilliant twilight sky streaked with clouds tinged with golden yellow and bright coral.
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Twilight  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Mountain--Mt. Katahdin  Search this
Landscape--Maine  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A770006
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_403442