The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 22, 2024
Crickets in November
1917
(American, 1893–1967)
21.9 x 27.6 cm (8 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Burchfield had an interest in depicting personified buildings, and the windows of the house at right were meant to make it seem alive.Description
This drawing contains themes that Burchfield developed to visually convey sound—in this case, the repetitive chirping of crickets. The combination of script-like lines and repeated forms in the foreground evoked the rising and falling of the insects’ noise, and recurred throughout Burchfield’s work around this time.- -1981Leona E. Prasse [1897-1985], Cleveland, OH, gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art1981-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Maciejunes, Nannette V., and Norine S. Hendricks. "Nurturing His Muse: The Archives of Charles Burchfield's Creative Life." American Art Journal 28, no. 1/2 (1997): 68, 74 (repr. of reproduction).Prasse, Leona E. The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art,1953. Mentioned: no. 28; Reproduced: plate IIBauer, John I. H. Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum, 1956. Mentioned: no. 98Trovato, Joseph S. The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints. Exh. Cat. Utica, NY: Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970. Mentioned: no. 311Prasse, Leona E. The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art,1953, no. 28, repr. plate II.Bauer, John I. H. Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. New York. Whitney Museum, 1956, no. 98.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.207