Song of a Pond in Spring

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Song of a Pond in Spring

c.1954

conté crayon on transparentized paper

14 x 20 inches (frame: 19 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches)

Gift of the Burchfield Foundation, 1975

Barely decipherable among the undulating lines of their shrill song are Spring Peepers, tree frogs who inhabit the ponds and swamps of eastern North America. Their chorus is a joyous sign that spring has commenced to awaken the fauna and flora.