Dying Sunflowers

1916

Dying Sunflowers, 1916. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Graphite on wove paper, lined; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1953.577 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Sunflowers were among Burchfield's favorite subjects. He often depicted them anthropomorphically, suggesting either open eyes or, as here, slumped human forms. Burchfield believed that sunflowers looked most alive when they were almost dead.