Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (sketch of a room)

ca. 1916

graphite and watercolor on paper

8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches

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

Sketch of the sun shining in on an interior of a room, with clothes on the bed, and colored with watercolors. [inscription reads] "A - cold lt from window to left / B - full sunlight from window in front - which reflects on bed clothes / C - daylight from window in front is green / rich RV shadows / even where no sunlight"

Subject terms: Sketch; Modern; American (North American); House[s]; interior; Window[s]; Sunlight; clothing

Part of

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