Drawing
Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). December 1917. watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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DrawingObject type
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Drawing
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PaperMaterial
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
WatercolourTechnique
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
DrawingTechnique
Drawing is a making process named in the museum catalogue.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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