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Railroad Signal and Tracks, (painting)

American Art Museum

Object Details

painter

Burchfield, Charles 1893-1967

Notes

"Charles E. Burchfield: The Middle Years, 1929 to 1950," New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1978, no. 11.

Summary

View looking down a line of railroad tracks, with a train engine in the distance traveling toward the viewer, a trail of smoke drifting across the sky behind it, and a tall iron railroad signal standing in the foreground. To the right, a line of telephone poles stretches back toward the horizon.

Date

1936

Control number

IAP 61023848

Type

Paintings

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Owner/Location

Kennedy Galleries New York New York

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Architecture exterior--Industry--Railroad Yard
Architecture exterior--Science--Power Lines
Architecture--Vehicle--Train

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_ari_387570
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