Curtain Design for " Rio Rita"
c. 1926
Charles Burchfield
Artist, American, 1893 - 1967
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Robert Hilton Simmons, Sr.)
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Dimensions
image: 19.05 × 20 cm (7 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
sheet: 25.88 × 30.96 cm (10 3/16 × 12 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.3062
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert H. Simmons, Sr., Arlington, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper left verso in graphite: Cactus Curtain / Rio Rita / Curtain / Not Used; upper right verso in black charcoal by unknown hand: #8; upper right verso in red pencil by unknown hand: XIX; lower left verso in black ink on adhesive label by unknown hand: B434 / 321
Markings
stamped lower center verso in black ink: BAINBRIDGE / ILLUSTRATION BOARD / TRADE NUMBER 80 MARK / 20 X 30 OR 30 X 40 / SINGLE OR DOULBE / THICK / WHEN ORDERING-SPECIFY SIZE AND THICKNESS
Wikidata ID
Q64538212