Charley Harper
1954 Ford Times Print
Purple Finch
Image Size 18.5" H x 13" V
Overall Size 20.5" H x 15" V
Estate Embossed Seal - Not Signed
"Less purple than his name (Carpodacus purpureus purpureus), melodious and mischievous, the Purple Finch makes our winters brighter and our lives less cold. The ecstacy of finches in a tree in spring is very great - they bear blossoms apart, singing as they raid. The tree is exalted by the chorus, and some fruit is lost to the world. The gain offsets the loss, depending on one's love of song and of fruit." - Charles Harper
