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Crickets in November

Crickets in November

1917
(American, 1893–1967)
America, 20th century
Pen and brown ink with black ink, colored crayons, and graphite, with watercolor on two sheets of butt-joined wove paper, lined
21.9 x 27.6 cm (8 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1981.207
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.
  • -1981
    Leona E. Prasse [1897-1985], Cleveland, OH, gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1981-
    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 II
    Bauer, John I. H. Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum, 1956. Mentioned: no. 98
    Trovato, 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. 311
    Prasse, 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.
  • Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2018-May 5, 2019).
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    Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art (January 11-February 26, 1956); The Baltimore Museum of Art (March 14-April 22, 1956); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (May 9-June 17, 1956); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (July 11-August 19, 1956); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 5-October 14, 1956); The Phillips Collection (November 4-December 11, 1956); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 28, 1956-February 10, 1957).
    The Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1953-January 10, 1954).
  • {{cite web|title=Crickets in November|url=false|author=Charles Burchfield|year=1917|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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