Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011027About the Artwork
In this drawing, the gray and brown tones of a row of houses are interrupted by the bright green and yellow of a discarded Christmas tree. The work was created in the same year as Church Bells Ringing, where a Christmas tree visible through a window was meant to contrast the work’s foreboding mood. This earlier image similarly suggests Burchfield’s passion for his favorite holiday, which he saw as a symbol of goodness.
Provenance
Henry Keller [1869-1949], Cleveland, Ohio 1954: Louise M. Dunn [1875-1962], gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1954-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Eighth Exhibition of Watercolors and Pastels. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6-December 7, 1930). The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints. Munson Museum of Art, Utica, NY (organizer) (April 3-June 14, 1970). Fine Arts Exhibition. Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH (August 27-September 7, 1970). Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973). American Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 25, 1974). Cleveland Watercolors and Enamels. Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (organizer) (April 20-July 26, 1976). Charles Burchfield. Ashtabula Arts Center. Charles Burchfield Exhibition. Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH (organizer) (May 30-June 6, 1979). Japanese Artists Who Studied in the U.S.A.. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (July 24-September 11, 1982); National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (September 14-October 11, 1982). Cleveland Traditions: Enamels and Watercolors from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-October 16, 1983). Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2018-May 5, 2019).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
- Date
- January 1917
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, blue and orange crayons, and black wash on wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.3 x 45.8 cm (14 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Anonymous gift in memory of Henry G. Keller
- Accession no.
- 1954.571
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