LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and charcoal on joined paper laid down on board

Measurements:

39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (height) by 32.99 in. (83.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1959' (l.l.)--dated again 'June 27, 1959' and inscribed with title (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Buffalo, New York, State University College at Buffalo, Upton Hall Gallery, Charles Burchfield: Recent Paintings, April 24-May 19, 1963, pp. 10-12, no. 24, illustrated. Wallingford, Connecticut, The Choate School, January 3-February 1, 1965. Buffalo, New York, State University College at Buffalo, Charles Burchfield Center, Two New York City Collections of Works by Charles E. Burchfield: Chase Manhattan Bank and Dr. Theodor Braasch, October 1, 1967-January 30, 1968. Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893-1967, April 9-June 14, 1970, no. 257. New York, The Drawing Center, Charles E. Burchfield: The Sacred Woods, June 10-July 30, 1993, pp. 101, 116, fig. 46, illustrated.

Literature:

C.E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 59, 1959, pp. 81, 121. J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 276, no. 1187 (as June Night (Luna Moth and Tulip Tree in Bloom)). J. Barnitz, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, vol. II, New York, 1988, pp. 94-96, no. 44, illustrated (as June Night (Luna moth and tulip tree in bloom)).

Provenance:

Frank K.M. Rehn, Inc., New York. Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1960.