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Charles Ephraim Burchfield 1893 - 1967
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Charles Ephraim Burchfield
- Sunflowers at Late Dusk
- signed Chas. Burchfield and dated 1916 (lower left) and inscribed with the artist's notes (lower center and center right); also titled and dated Sunflowers at Late Dusk/August 24, 1916 on the reverse
- watercolor and pencil on paper
- 19 3/4 by 13 7/8 inches
- (50.2 by 35.2 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002
Catalogue Note
A letter from Nancy Weekly, Head of Collections and the Charles Cary Rumsey Curator at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, dated July 12, 2000 will accompany this lot. This letter identifies the location of the present work, “This scene is clearly a view from [Burchfield’s] backyard, with sunflowers growing by the back corner of his house at 867 East Fourth Street in Salem, Ohio (where he lived from 1898 to 1921.)…The glowing window is part of the Weaver’s house, on the west side of the alley next to Burchfield’s home. It was the subject of numerous paintings throughout his life, often representing nostalgic sentiments.”