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autumnsunset

Pastel No. 58, “Autumn Sunset”

“Autumn Sunset”, June 1965, Mary Etta Grainger, pastel on paper, 19 inches high, James Moses and Alice D. Grainger, 1965.3.15.

A pastel of an “Autumn Sunset” that features a stream bank in the foreground, a body of water mid ground, and a purple hillside in the background. The Fall equinox marks the first day of autumn and always occurs in late September when the Sun is at its zenith over the Equator.