Ice Glare > Collection > Burchfield Penney Art Center

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Ice Glare, 1933; Watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 31 1/2 × 25 inches; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 33.64

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The varying ceiling heights in the Burchfield Penney lobby were inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who often used this signature element in the Prairie houses he designed-including the nearby Darwin D. Martin House.