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Charles Burchfield, Night of the Equinox, 1917-1955, watercolor, brush and ink, gouache, and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard, 40 1⁄8 x 52 1⁄8 in. (102.0 x 132.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.86
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Night of the Equinox
- Artist
- Date
- 1917-1955
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 40 1⁄8 x 52 1⁄8 in. (102.0 x 132.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor, brush and ink, gouache, and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — time — night
- Cityscape — town
- Landscape — river
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
- Object Number
- 1986.6.86
Artwork Description
Charles Burchfield used landscape forms as symbols to convey dreams, memories, and reminiscences of childhood. In Night of the Equinox, which captured a violent storm in the backyard of his parent’s home in Salem Ohio, driving rain pours from ominous clouds, and fantastical trees dance in the electrified air. The artist remembered the experience as “One of the most exciting weather events of the whole year. What we called the spring equinoctial storm. It seemed as if terrific forces were abroad in the land.”
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014
Exhibitions
October 20, 2018–November 28, 2018
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.