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Icebergs at Sunset, Canada

Creator Name

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Cultural Context

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Date

1850s

About the Work

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum" Object Description
Landscape and seascape sketch showing a view of immense icebergs at sunset, witnessed during the artist's expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. In the foreground at left, a dark wall of ice descends vertically to a flatter, craggy section at center, which immediately ascends again to form a kind of rounded pillar at center. Behind it, a tall and massive iceberg extends diagonally into the distance, forming a sort of canal at right, bounded by another craggy ice cliff at far right. Sky above filled with rosy red clouds illuminated by the setting sun, whose red-orange light reflects off of the bergs throughout the scene.

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Title

Icebergs at Sunset, Canada

Creator

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Artist

Worktype

landscapes; Drawing; Drawings

Cultural Context

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Material

Oil on tan paperboard

Dimensions

16.3 × 26.4 cm (6 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Language

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Date

1850s;
Date: June–July 1859

Provenance

Credit Line: Gift of Louis P. Church

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Rights

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Location

Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador

Subjects

Landscapes

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Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Icebergs at Sunset, Canada, 1850s, "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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