Charles Burchfield

Dawn
1926

A watercolor painting depicting a dramatic sunset with layered clouds in shades of dark blue, gray, and streaks of yellow and red. The landscape features a reflective river winding through a dark field with silhouetted bare trees and a fence line in the foreground. The artwork has a raw edge with visible paper borders and mounting tape remnants.
A watercolor painting depicting a dramatic sunset with layered clouds in shades of dark blue, gray, and streaks of yellow and red. The landscape features a reflective river winding through a dark field with silhouetted bare trees and a fence line in the foreground. The artwork has a raw edge with visible paper borders and mounting tape remnants.

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Date
1926

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 17 3/4in. (30.3 × 45.1 cm) Mount (board, irregular): 15 × 21 1/4in. (38.1 × 54 cm)

Accession number
77.116

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Charles Simon

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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