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
Record ID
siris_ari_387570