Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Property from the Estate of Marion Bulger, Buffalo New York
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)

The Woodpecker

Details
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
The Woodpecker
signed with monogram and dated 'CEB/1955-64' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on joined paper laid down on board
20 x 11 in. (50.8 x 27.9 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bulger, Orchard Park, New York, gift from the above, 1965.
Marion Bulger, Buffalo, New York, by descent.
Literature
D.K. Winebrenner, Audubon/Burchfield: Two Who Loved Nature, exhibition catalogue, Buffalo, New York, 1971, n.p., no. 26.
N.W. Weekly, Charles Burchfield: Hidden Treasures, exhibition catalogue, Buffalo, New York, 1986, p. 15.
Exhibited
Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, April 9-June 14, 1970.
Buffalo, New York, State University College, Charles Burchfield Center, Audubon/Burchfield: Two Who Loved Nature, April 25-August 1, 1971.
Buffalo, New York, State University College, Charles Burchfield Center, Musical Burchfields, November 30, 1984-January 13, 1985.
Buffalo, New York, State University College, Charles Burchfield Center, Charles Burchfield: Hidden Treasures, December 7, 1986-January 25, 1987.

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Lot Essay

The Woodpecker relates to two larger works by Charles Burchfield: The Red Woodpecker (1955, private collection) and The Woodpecker (1955-63, The Reynolda House Museum, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina).

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