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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.14
People
Charles E. Burchfield, American (Ashtabula Harbor, OH 1893 - 1967 Gardenville NY)
Title
Study for "July"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1941
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308386

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on white card
Dimensions
actual: 28 x 44 cm (11 x 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: charcoal, l.r.: [initials in monogram] / 1941
  • inscription: l.l., charcoal, in artist's hand: Perspective awkward here
  • inscription: verso, black ink: M. P. II - 1941 / #32 - A Preliminary Sketch for "July" (1935 - 1943) / L. R. / 11 x 17 3/8 - H / carbon & charcoal
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: TR 10753 / 307 cat #119
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 60-M

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Copyright
© Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Drawings of Charles Burchfield, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1953), p. 24, no. 119
  • Charles E. Burchfield, The Drawings of Charles Burchfield, ed. Edith Jones, Praeger Publishers (New York, NY, 1968), illustrated as plate 34
  • Richard H. W. Brauer and Richard Wootten, Visions Out the Window and Down the Street: A Golden Anniversary Celebration of the Art of Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967) at the Brauer Museum of Art, brochure, Brauer Museum of Art (Valparaiso, Indiana, 2004), checklist

Exhibition History

  • The Drawings of Charles Burchfield, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 11/04/1953 - 12/31/1953
  • Visions Out the Window and Down the Street: A Golden Anniversary Celebration of the Art of Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967) at the Brauer Museum of Art, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, 07/24/2004 - 10/10/2004

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