Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Sea of Queen Anne's Lace and Cicada Song
Details
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Sea of Queen Anne's Lace and Cicada Song
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1960' (lower left)--inscribed 'On a hot day/in midsummer/the metallic/song of the/Cicada/vibrates over/a sea of/Queen Anne's Lace' (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.), image; 13¼ x 11 in. (33.7 x 27.9 cm.), sheet
Sea of Queen Anne's Lace and Cicada Song
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1960' (lower left)--inscribed 'On a hot day/in midsummer/the metallic/song of the/Cicada/vibrates over/a sea of/Queen Anne's Lace' (on the reverse)
watercolor and pencil on paper
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.), image; 13¼ x 11 in. (33.7 x 27.9 cm.), sheet
Provenance
The artist.
Dr. and Mrs. Theodor Braasch, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, acquired from the above.
Private collection, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 13 September 2006, lot 36.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Dr. and Mrs. Theodor Braasch, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, acquired from the above.
Private collection, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 13 September 2006, lot 36.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 284, no. 1222.
Exhibited
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo State University College, The Charles Burchfield Center, Exhibition in Connection with Burchfield Commemorative Program, October 1, 1967-January 30, 1968.
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