Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)

Swamp in Spring

Details

Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Swamp in Spring
signed and dated 'C Burchfield 1918' (lower right)--dated again twice 'April 6, 1918' and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on board
18¼ x 26 in. (46.4 x 66 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
[With]Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York.
Thomas Metcalf, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owners.

Literature

R.M. Coates, "The Art Galleries; Burchfield--Schreiber--Lebduska," The New Yorker, December 9, 1939, p. 106.
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 77, no. 434.

Exhibited

New York, Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, Early Watercolors by Charles Burchfield: 1917-1918 Period, November 20-December 16, 1939.

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Descriptif du lot

In Charles Burchfield's Journals (vol. 42, January 3, 1940), the artist quotes a letter from his long time dealer Frank Rehn stating that "Our friend Metcalf up in Boston fell in love with the 'Swamp in Spring' (a great favorite)...I'm really glad he's gotten it."

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