Burchfield, Charles Ephraim. The Great Drought Sun, 1953. Conté crayon and watercolor with pen and black ink and brush and black wash; framing lines in crayon, Sheet: 38.4 x 48.3 cm (15 1/8 x 19 in.); Image: 33.2 x 43.8 cm (13 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.). Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1953.432. Copyrighted undefined.

The Great Drought Sun

1953

Charles Burchfield

Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)

Drawings

The Great Drought Sun, 1953. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Conté crayon and watercolor with pen and black ink and brush and black wash; framing lines in crayon; sheet: 38.4 x 48.3 cm (15 1/8 x 19 in.); image: 33.2 x 43.8 cm (13 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1953.432 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: Conté crayon and watercolor with pen and black ink and brush and black wash; framing lines in crayon
Medium: conté, crayon, watercolor, pen, black, ink, brush, wash, framing, lines
Dimensions: Sheet: 38.4 x 48.3 cm (15 1/8 x 19 in.); Image: 33.2 x 43.8 cm (13 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed, lower right, in black ink: CEB [artist's monogram] / 1953 ; verso, by Louise Richards, along left edge, in graphite: RECENT / 44- 1953 ; in black ink: L. R. / THE GREAT DROUGHT SUN / 13 X 17 - H - / BROWN + BLACK IND. INK- BLACK, BP [crossed out] SEPIA = SANGUINE CONTE"-CRAYON-W.C. WASH
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1953.432
Credit Line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Exhibitions: The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield, Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition, Charles E. Burchfield Drawings, 1945/1965
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined