Charles Ephraim Burchfield

The Moon and Queen Anne's Lace

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private New York Collection

Charles Ephraim Burchfield

1893 - 1967

The Moon and Queen Anne's Lace

signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 1960 (lower right); titled and dated 1960 (on the reverse)

watercolor, gouache and charcoal on paper laid down to board

44¾ by 34¾ in.

113.7 by 88.3 cm.

Executed in 1960.

We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.

Rehn Galleries, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1961)

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Christie's, New York, 25 March 2015, lot 13

Questroyal Fine Art, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York 1970, no. 1367, p. 319

Kathryn Finnegan, "Michener Exhibition Showcases the Many Colors of the Moon," Bucks County Herald, 4 July 2019

New York, Rehn Galleries, Charles Burchfield, January 1961, no. 8

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, James A. Michener Art Museum, The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art, June - September 2019