Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield | Art & Artists
Exhibition works
Charles Burchfield, The Insect Chorus, 1917. Opaque and transparent watercolor with ink, graphite, and crayon on off-white paper, 20 × 157⁄8 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm). Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, New York. Edward W. Root Bequest, 1957.
Charles Burchfield, The Song of the Katydids on an August Morning, 1917. Watercolor, gouache, graphite, colored chalks, and pastel on off-white wove paper, 18 × 21 3/4 in. (45.1 × 55.2 cm). Karen and Kevin Kennedy Collection.
Charles Burchfield, Pyramid of Fire (Pyramid of Flame), 1929. Watercolor on paper, 241⁄2 x 327⁄8 in. (61 × 81.3 cm). The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Works by Charles E. Burchfield at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, 1994.
Charles Burchfield, Black Iron, 1935. Watercolor on paper, 281⁄8 x 40 in. (71.1 × 101.6 cm). Private collection.
Charles Burchfield, End of the Day, 1938. Watercolor on paper, 381⁄4 x 581⁄4 in. (97.1 × 148 cm). The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1940.
Charles Burchfield, Two Ravines, 1934–43. Watercolor on paper, 361⁄2 x 611⁄8 in. (92.7 × 155.3 cm). Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gift of the Benwood Foundation.
Charles Burchfield, Sun and Rocks, 1918–50. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 40 × 56 in. (101.6 × 142.2 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1953.
Charles Burchfield, Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring), 1950. Watercolor on paper, 401⁄8 x 293⁄4 in. (101.6 × 73.7 cm). Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, 1959.
Charles Burchfield, An April Mood, 1946–55. Watercolor and charcoal on joined paper, 40 × 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with partial funds from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman 55.39
All works by Charles Burchfield are reproduced with permission of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
Charles Burchfield, Dawn of Spring, ca. 1960s. Watercolor, charcoal, and white chalk on joined paper mounted on board, 52 × 591⁄2 in. (132.1 × 135.3 cm). DC Moore Gallery, New York.
Charles Burchfield, Dandelion Seed Heads and the Moon, 1961–65. Watercolor, gouache, charcoal, and graffito on lightly textured white wove paper faced on ¼-inch thick laminated gray cardboard, 56 × 395⁄8 in. (142.2 × 99 cm). Karen and Kevin Kennedy Collection.