Charles Burchfield

Study of Thistle

1961

Delicate pencil sketch showing spiky thistle stems with several flowering and seed head blooms.
Delicate pencil sketch showing spiky thistle stems with several flowering and seed head blooms.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1961

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 19 5/16 in. (34.9 × 49.1 cm)

Accession number
65.39

Credit line
Purchase

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

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