The Mysterious Bird
Date1917
Artist
Charles Burchfield
(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)
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 viewClassificationsDRAWING
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."
