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Sunflower Studies
1917
Charles Burchfield
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
Drawings
Sunflower Studies, 1917. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Graphite on wove paper, lined; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1953.578 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Charles Burchfield made numerous studies of dead sunflowers, focusing on the leaning and twisted forms of the plant. In these drawings, he hoped to capture the contrast of a flower that he saw as “gloriously alive . . . at the height of its vigor . . . [which] nevertheless seems more alive . . . when quite dead.” Burchfield developed a language of visual symbols, in which the slumping forms of these sunflowers stood for "Mute Sorrow."
- Maker/Artist
- Burchfield, Charles Ephraim
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Graphite on wove paper, lined
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1953.578
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Exhibitions
- The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield, Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition, Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965, The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints, Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland, Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
- Rights Statement
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