Two Sketches for Prometheus: "Sunset" and "Night", between 1801 and 1848

  • Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848

Graphite pencil on off-white wove paper

  • Sheet: 6 3/16 × 10 1/8 inches (15.7 × 25.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

39.319.B

Inscribed, in pencil, center: Sunset Inscribed, in pencil, bottom center: Night

1939-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Thomas Cole, Two Sketches for Prometheus: "Sunset" and "Night", between 1801 and 1848, graphite pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.319.B.