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1,000 Years of Collecting

 
Lot 158
 
Lot 158 - Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)

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Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)
March Pools at Twilight

Signed and dated 1917 bottom right, watercolor on paper.

20 15/16 x 17 3/4 in. (53.2 x 45.1cm)

Provenance

The Artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan.
Arthur Magill, Greenville, South Carolina (acquired from the above in 1982).
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York.
Private collection, New York, New York.
Widing & Peck Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York.
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the above in 1997).

Sold for $131,250
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000


 

Signed and dated 1917 bottom right, watercolor on paper.

Provenance

The Artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan.
Arthur Magill, Greenville, South Carolina (acquired from the above in 1982).
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York.
Private collection, New York, New York.
Widing & Peck Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York.
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the above in 1997).

Exhibited

"Drawings in Watercolor by Charles Burchfield," Kevorkian Gallery, New York, New York, 1920.

"Charles E. Burchfield Watercolors," Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, 1974 (exhibition catalogue no. 3, illustrated).

"Burchfield's Seasons," Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, 1974 (exhibition catalogue no. 10, illustrated).

"Charles E. Burchfield: Watercolors from 1915 to 1920," Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, 1974 (exhibition catalogue no. 25, illustrated).

Literature

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970 (no. 277).

Kevin J. Avery, "Kennedy Galleries, New York Exhibit," Arts Magazine 57, September, 1982, p. 17.

Ilene S. Fort, "Charles Burchfield," Arts Magazine 57, September, 1982, p. 30.

J. Patrick Harrington, "The Moon, the Stars and the Artist: Astronomy in the Works of Charles E. Burchfield," The American Art Journal, 1990, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 38 (figure 5, illustrated).

Colleen L. Makowski, Charles Burchfield: An Annotated Bibliography, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1996, pp. 48, 51, 78, 80, 105, 114, 116 and 128.

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Charles Ephraim Burchfield