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August Afternoon

Artist:
Charles Burchfield (American, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio 1893–1967 West Seneca, New York)
Date:
1927
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions:
23 3/8 x 32 3/8 in. (59.4 x 82.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1928
Accession Number:
28.85
Not on view
Inscription: Signed and dated: C/B 1927
Washington, D.C. St. Albans School. May 20–June 3, 1959, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Charles Burchfield from the Collection," October 27, 1998–February 28, 1999, no catalogue.

Los Angeles. Hammer Museum. "Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield," October 4, 2009–January 10, 2010.

New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield," June 24–October 17, 2010.

Timelines
The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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