Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (sketch of maple and buttonwood trees)

ca. 1916

conte on paper

8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches

Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation

On the left side of the there is a sketch of a bare buttonwood tree, and on the right side there is a sketch of a bare maple tree which is about double the size of the Buttonwood tree. [inscription reads]?Buttonwood / Maple?

Subject terms: Sketch; Sketch; Modern; American (North American); branch[es] (plant component[s]); Tree[s]; buttonwood (wood); button-wood (wood); American sycamore (wood); maple (wood)

Part of

Cover of a handmade sketchbook with the number "IX" written in conte. [inscription reads] "IX"