Untitled (The Boat Trip to Detroit in 1930)

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (The Boat Trip to Detroit in 1930)

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Conté crayon and graphite on paper

11 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches (Frame: 14 1/16 inches)

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Burchfield, 1990

A different, memorable boat trip became the inspiration for one of Burchfield’s greatest paintings, The Sphinx and the Milky Way (1946), as captured in Burchfield's Journals in 1944,: "Aug 21–23 —  Art & I to Detroit by steamer. A fine trip – (Try later to recall the view of the Milky Way at night)" — Nancy Weekly