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Mid-Afternoon in August, 1917
Mid-Afternoon in August, 1917

Mid-Afternoon in August, 1917

Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
1917
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor over orange, blue and brown crayon on paper
DimensionsOverall: 45.1 x 54.9cm (17 3/4 x 21 5/8in.)
Framed: 67.6 x 77.8 cm (26 5/8 x 30 5/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number61.631
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsLower r. in black chalk: C. E. Burchfield, 1917. On back of frame: Charles Burchfield August 6, 1917. Amid Afternoon in August "There is a sweet sadness about dying sunlight"ProvenanceFrank K.M. Rehn, Inc., New York; purchased by MFA, June 7, 1961.
CopyrightReproduced with permission of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
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