The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Dying Sunflowers
1916
(American, 1893–1967)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1953.577
Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Burchfield believed that sunflowers looked most alive when they were almost dead.Description
Sunflowers were among Burchfield's favorite subjects. He often depicted them anthropomorphically, suggesting either open eyes or, as here, slumped human forms.- 1916-1953Charles Burchfield [1893-1967], Buffalo, NY, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland as a gift for the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1953-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Prasse, Leona E. The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art,1953. Mentioned: p. 17, no. 16
- Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2018-May 5, 2019).The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1953-January 10, 1954).
- {{cite web|title=Dying Sunflowers|url=false|author=Charles Burchfield|year=1916|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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