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Chestnut Trees
1920
Charles Burchfield
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
Drawings
Chestnut Trees, 1920. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Pen and gray and black ink and gray and black wash with graphite on wove paper, lined; sheet: 22.6 x 40.7 cm (8 7/8 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1981.209 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation After serving in World War I, Charles Burchfield found it difficult to return to his watercolor practice and temporarily experimented with other media. He made this pair of drawings using a combination of finely drawn pen lines and thick areas of wash, diluted to produce a wide variation of tones. With these materials, Burchfield could record the texture and sculptural forms of trunks—the aspects of these trees, encountered near Little Beaver Creek on the Pennsylvania border, that interested him most. Burchfield made this drawing while sketching in scenic areas near his hometown of Salem, Ohio.
- Maker/Artist
- Burchfield, Charles Ephraim
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Pen and gray and black ink and gray and black wash with graphite on wove paper, lined
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22.6 x 40.7 cm (8 7/8 x 16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, in ink, at lower left: CEB (monogram) / 1920
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1981.209
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield, The Year in Review for 1981, Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator, The Early Work of Charles E. Burchfield, Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940, Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland, Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
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