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The Collection of John Sacret Young
Wild Geese and Poplars
Auction Closed
November 19, 11:13 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collection of John Sacret Young
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
1893 - 1967
Wild Geese and Poplars
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1956 (lower right); titled and dated Oct. 20, 1956 (on the reverse)
watercolor and charcoal on paper laid down on board
39 ½ by 27 in.
100.3 by 68.6 cm.
Executed on 20 October 1956.
We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York
Rita and Daniel Fraad, New York (acquired from the above in 1958)
Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 2004, lot 48 (consigned by the above)
John Sacret Young, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 58A, 27 March 1956, p. 140
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 58A, 18 October 1956, p. 188
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 58A, 20 October 1956, p. 189
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 58B, 28 November 1956, p. 211
Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 1151, p. 264
J. Benjamin Townsend, ed., Charles Burchfield’s Journals: The Poetry of Place, Albany, 1993, p. 359
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Here!, 2016-17
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield, 2018
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Burchfield's Arboretum: A Celebration of Trees, 2018
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Birdsong: Audio-Visual Art by Charles E. Burchfield, 2020
Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Land, Sea, and Light: The John Sacret Young Collection, 2023
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