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Stormy Sky in Late August, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Burchfield, Charles 1893-1967  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Buffalo State College Burchfield-Penney Art Center Buffalo New York Accession Number: 1985:15.1
Date:
Aug. 28, 1916
Notes:
Weekly, Nancy, ed., "Life Cycles: The Charles E. Burchfield Collection," Buffalo, NY: Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1996, pg. 147.
Summary:
Sunlit landscape depicting a view looking down across rooftops of houses, with trees in the distance highlighted by the sun, their pale leafy branches silhouetted against a dark stormy sky in the background.
Topic:
Landscape--Weather--Storm  Search this
Landscape--Season--Summer  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68090147
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_387083