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Source Description
Burchfield was especially drawn to watercolor and experimented avidly with it throughout his entire career. This portable medium allowed him to explore the landscape and continuously rework his compositions. Here, he used shades of green to depict the countryside near his hometown, Salem, Ohio.
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Document identity
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128810
label
Hillside
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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128810
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drawing
title
Hillside
description
Burchfield was especially drawn to watercolor and experimented avidly with it throughout his entire career. This portable medium allowed him to explore the landscape and continuously rework his compositions. Here, he used shades of green to depict the countryside near his hometown, Salem, Ohio.
date
May 24, 1917
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60780962
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3989
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Drawing
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1
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import
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America
accession
1951.432
Source extras
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Watercolor and opaque watercolor on Strathmore wove paper
tombstone
Hillside, May 24, 1917. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Watercolor and opaque watercolor on Strathmore wove paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1951.432
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description
Strathmore wove paper
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DR - American 20th Century
didYouKnow
This drawing was made during 1917, which Burchfield describe as his "golden year," the most prolific period of his entire career.
citations
citation
<em>Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Burchfield</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland School of Art, 1941.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 13
citation
Trovato, Joseph S. <em>Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections</em>. Utica: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 60, no. 302
catalogueRaisonne
Straus 232; Trovato 302
creditline
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
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2026-05-29 06:39:04.884000
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128810
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Drawings
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DR - American 20th Century
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Watercolor and opaque watercolor on Strathmore wove paper
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May Show
Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)
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photo
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