Charles Burchfield
The Fragrance of Spring (Bee Hepaticas)
stamped C.E. Burchfield Foundation and numbered 14 (lower right)
watercolor, charcoal and chalk on paper mounted on paperboard
37 ⅞ by 29 in.
96.2 by 73.7 cm.
Executed circa 1962.
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Details
stamped C.E. Burchfield Foundation and numbered 14 (lower right)
37 ⅞ by 29 in.
96.2 by 73.7 cm.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York (circa 1967)
Susan and David Workman, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spiro, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibition
Buffalo, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Listening to the Trees: Burchfield Masterworks from the Spiro Collection, 2003, p. 6, illustrated in color; p. 7
Buffalo, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Mystery: Works by Charles Burchfield, 2007-08
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Entering Burchfield’s World, 2008-09
Albuquerque Museum and Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Sensory Crossovers: Synesthesia in American Art, 2010-11, p. 105 (Buffalo only)
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum and Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles E. Burchfield, 2014-15, fig. 21, pp. 8 and 36, illustrated in color; pp. 37 and 127
Literature
Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 1251, p. 296
Elizabeth Licata, “The Burchfield Collectors,” Buffalo Spree, September - October 2002, pp. 18-19 and 21-22, p. 20, illustrated in color
Audrey Lewis, “The World of Charles E. Burchfield,” American Art Review, vol. XXVII, no. 1, January-February 2015, pp. 86-88, 90-93 and 111; p. 89, illustrated
Catalogue Note
We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.