El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
A loose sketch of a deep desert valley with eroded tan cliffs, a rocky spur in the foreground, and a flat-topped mesa on the left. Warm brown and ochre washes sit over pale, unpainted paper, with faint graphite lines marking the contours and a dark shrub at lower left.
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Date
- February 21, 28, or 29, 1868
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
- Size
- 4000 × 2651 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Español: Valle de El Yemen, Palestina (Israel), boceto al óleo
Un boceto suelto de un profundo valle desértico con acantilados erosionados de color beige, un espolón rocoso en primer plano y una meseta de cima plana a la izquierda. Lavados de marrón y ocre cubren el papel claro, con líneas de grafito que marcan los contornos.
Português: Vale de El Yemen, Palestina (Israel), esboço a óleo
Um esboço solto de um vale desértico profundo, com penhascos erodidos de tom bege, uma esporão rochoso em primeiro plano e uma mesa de topo plano à esquerda. Aguadas marrons e ocre cobrem o papel claro, com linhas de grafite marcando os contornos.