ID 931859
Lot 103 | CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
Haunted Twilight
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1957' (lower right)—dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
mixed media on paper laid down on board
image, 17 1/2 x 22 in. (44.5 x 55.9 cm.);
overall, 19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 60.9 cm.)
Executed in 1957.
Provenance
The artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Richter, son-in-law and daughter of the above, by descent, 1967.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Spiller, Buffalo, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1970.
Literature
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 268, no. 1160 (as Spider with Old House and Pine Trees).
M.A. Erhardt, E. Broun, The Norma Lee and Martin Funger Art Collection, Lunenburg, Vermont, 1999, pp. 48-49, illustrated (as Spider with Old House and Pine Trees).
Exhibited
Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, The Nature of Charles Burch?eld: A Memorial Exhibition, April 9-May 31, 1970, no. 249 (as Spider with Old House and Pine Trees).
Post Lot Text
We would like to thank Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.
| Artist: | Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Modern art |
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