Charles Burchfield

Goldenrod in December

1948

A watercolor painting depicting a sunlit savanna landscape with a radiant sun casting rays of light across the sky. The foreground is filled with a variety of grasses and shrubs in warm earth tones, while a solitary leafless tree stands to the right, its branches reaching out. The background features a gentle rise of land with hints of greenery under a hazy sky. The painting has a raw, natural feel with visible brush strokes and a sense of untamed wilderness.
A watercolor painting depicting a sunlit savanna landscape with a radiant sun casting rays of light across the sky. The foreground is filled with a variety of grasses and shrubs in warm earth tones, while a solitary leafless tree stands to the right, its branches reaching out. The background features a gentle rise of land with hints of greenery under a hazy sky. The painting has a raw, natural feel with visible brush strokes and a sense of untamed wilderness.

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Date
1948

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 7/8 × 39 7/8in. (65.7 × 101.3 cm) Mount (board): 25 7/8 × 39 7/8 × 1/8in. (65.7 × 101.3 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
74.62

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Flora Whitney Miller 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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Charles Burchfield
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