Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Study #2 for Tower of Babel, undated; charcoal on paper, 31 3/4 x 39 1/4 inches (Frame: 41 5/8 x 48 5/8 inches); Gift of Mrs. John & Miss Joan Albarella, 1972
Charles Burchfield emerged (as President Lyndon Johnson eulogized him) as an "artist to America," due to the clear-eyed landscapes of his early watercolors to the transcendental interpretations of nature embodied in his later paintings.
