Lot Essay
The present work relates to the artist's full-scale watercolor composition by the same title (1953).
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Song of the Telegraph
Details
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Song of the Telegraph
signed with monogram and dated 'CEB 1952' (lower right)
ink, crayon, pencil and wash on paper
8¾ x 12½ in. (22.2 x 34.3 cm.)
Song of the Telegraph
signed with monogram and dated 'CEB 1952' (lower right)
ink, crayon, pencil and wash on paper
8¾ x 12½ in. (22.2 x 34.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, Detroit, Michigan, acquired from the above, circa 1962.
By descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Detroit, Michigan, acquired from the above, circa 1962.
By descent to the present owner.