Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (typographic sketches)

ca. 1916

conte on paper

8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches

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

Typographic sketches influenced by letters found in a 16th century English book, letters sketched: A B C E H I K L M P R S T W X A E R S V S. [inscription reads]?Incised in book North Walsham ? 16th Cent. England ? / carved in stone ? 1534 England?

Subject terms: Sketch; Modern; American (North American); typography; serifs; filagree (pattern)

Part of

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