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Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Creator Name

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

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Date

1850s

About the Work

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum" Object Description
Landscape sketch showing a view of a tall, sharp iceberg and a frozen formation resembling a flower or whale's tail in the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg is roughly pyramidal in shape with sharp, pointed top and bands of aquamarine ice at its midpoint and its base. Affixed to this berg at left is a small, frozen formation resembling a flower or the tail of a marine mammal. Dark, purple-brown ocean waters ripple around it. On the horizon at left, another immense iceberg captures the pinkish orange glow of the setting sun. A long bank of clouds hangs above the horizon in a sky gradating from pink to greenish blue.

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Title

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Creator

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Artist

Worktype

seascapes; Drawing; Seascapes; Drawings

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Material

Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard

Dimensions

30.6 × 51.2 cm (12 1/16 × 20 3/16 in.)

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Date

1850s;
Date: June–July 1859

Provenance

Credit Line: Gift of Louis P. Church

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Location

Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador

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Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada, 1850s, "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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