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Rail Fence

1916

Charles Burchfield

Associated Names

Charles Burchfield

Artist, American, 1893 - 1967

The image shows an aerial view of a landscape with a zigzagging path or road cutting diagonally across. The top fades into abstracted orange lines suggesting trees. The ground has earthy greens and muted blues with angular shapes outlined in darker shades. Stacks of logs in white, with black and green lines, are on the right. A blue bird is perched on one of the logs. The colors are soft, muted greens, grays, and browns with occasional brighter accents.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Ira Spanierman, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 30.2 x 22.7 cm (11 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.109.1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 67.

2002

Defining Influence: Japonisme & the Western Art, Anne Gary Pannell Center Gallery, Sweet Briar College, 2000.

Bibliography

2002

McKinny, Gwen M. Defining Influence: Japonisme and the Western Artist. Sweet Briar, VA, 2002.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Chas Burchfield - 1916; lower right in graphite: G / mauve / G; center verso in graphite: March 1916

Wikidata ID

Q64538209

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