The Mysterious Bird

© Charles E. Burchfield Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for rep…
© Charles E. Burchfield Estate
The Mysterious Bird
© Charles E. Burchfield Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

The Mysterious Bird

Date1917
Artist (American painter, 1893–1967)
MediumWatercolor on paper on board
Dimensions20 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (52.7 × 45.1 cm)
frame: 31 × 28 1/4 in. (78.7 × 71.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of John L. Sexton, 1955
Object number1955-18
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis work is based on Burchfield's experience on a road near Salem, Ohio, in March of 1917. He described his encounter on the back of the drawing: "A bird kept going back and forth overhead, making a strange whistling sound. I never could catch a look at him—he remained merely a sound."
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Charles Burchfield
1920
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Charles Burchfield
1917 and later
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Charles Burchfield
1923-1928
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Charles Burchfield
c. 1927
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Charles Burchfield
1924-1927
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c. 1925
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c. 1915
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Charles A. Colombo
1970
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Charles A. Colombo
c. 1970
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c. 1962–1968