Charles Burchfield

Doodle with Stars
1916

A vintage paper with a hand-drawn sketch of a hand with a wavy pattern and three stars on the wrist, accompanied by a simple wavy line below. The drawing is done in pencil and there are signs of aging on the paper with some discoloration and small tears on the edges.
A vintage paper with a hand-drawn sketch of a hand with a wavy pattern and three stars on the wrist, accompanied by a simple wavy line below. The drawing is done in pencil and there are signs of aging on the paper with some discoloration and small tears on the edges.

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Date
1916

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 5 15/16 × 9 1/4in. (15.1 × 23.5 cm)

Accession number
74.5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Raydon Gallery in honor of John I. H. Baur

Rights and reproductions
Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation and the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

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