Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Conventions for Abstract Thoughts

1917

Gray cardboard, brown paper tape and brass fasteners

Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Object Segments

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Aimless Abstraction (Hypnotic Intensity), 1917; pencil on paper, 9 1/4 x 6 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Aimless Brooding, 1917; China marker and graphite on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Church Bell Wind, 1917; China marker on paper, 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Dangerous Brooding, 1917; China marker and graphite on paper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: The escape from the banal everyday life to the world of the ideal, 1917; China marker on paper, 9 7/16 x 6 1/4 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Fascination of evil, 1917; graphite on paper, 9 1/4 x 6 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Untitled (Fear), 1917; China marker on paper, 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; Gift of the Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Fear, 1917; China marker on paper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Fear, Morbidness (Evil), and Melancholy/Meditation/Memory of things that are gone forever

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Fear, Morbidness (Evil), and Melancholy/Meditation/Memory of things that are gone forever, 1917, graphite on paper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: The Fear of Loneliness, 1917; pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Imbecility, 1917; graphite on paper, 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Insanity, 1917; pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Melancholy - Sadness, 1917; pencil on paper, 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Menace, 1917; pencil on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Morbid Brooding, 1917; pencil on paper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: [Nostalgia]: Mute sorrow, Abstraction of Mind and Untitled (Insanity), 1917; graphite on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: The memory of pleasant things that are gone, perhaps forever. Nostalgia, 1917; China mareker on paper, 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Psychological Moods, Meditation, 1917; graphite on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 1/8; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Surprise, 1917; China marker and graphite on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

Conventions for Abstract Thoughts: Untitled (Dovetail)

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Conventions for Abstract Thought: Untitled (Dovetail), 1917; China marker on paper, 9 3/8 x 6 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006