Lot Essay
The present work is related to the artist's 1952 lithograph of the same title.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN AND MARIANNE SCHWARTZ
CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Crows in March
Details
CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Crows in March
signed with initials in monogram 'CEB' (lower left)—signed again 'Charles E. Burchfield' (in the margin at lower right)—inscribed with title (in the margin at lower left)
conté crayon, ink and pencil on paper
image, 13 x 9 ½ in. (33 x 24.1 cm.);
sheet, 16 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (42.5 x 33.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1950.
Crows in March
signed with initials in monogram 'CEB' (lower left)—signed again 'Charles E. Burchfield' (in the margin at lower right)—inscribed with title (in the margin at lower left)
conté crayon, ink and pencil on paper
image, 13 x 9 ½ in. (33 x 24.1 cm.);
sheet, 16 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (42.5 x 33.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1950.
Provenance
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1956.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1956.
Literature
(Probably) C.E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. LII, December 21, 1950, p. 21.
Exhibited
Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, 18th Annual Western New York Exhibition, March 5-April 6, 1952, p. 7, no. 23.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Water Colors, Drawings and Prints, 1952: A National Competitive Exhibition, December 5, 1952-January 25, 1953, p. 20.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Water Colors, Drawings and Prints, 1952: A National Competitive Exhibition, December 5, 1952-January 25, 1953, p. 20.
Further details
We would like to thank Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.
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