Lot 57
  • 57

Charles Burchfield 1893-1967

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Ephraim Burchfield
  • Forest Fire in Moonlight
  • signed Chas. Burchfield and dated 1920, l.r.
  • watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
  • 26 1/4 by 18 3/4 in.
  • (66.7 by 47.6 cm)

Provenance

Burchfield Foundation, Buffalo, New York
Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, April 25, 1980, lot 207, illustrated in color)
Harvey and Francoise Rambach, New Jersey (acquired at the above sale; sold: Christie's, New York, May 25, 2000, lot 159, illustrated in color)
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Sid Deutsch Gallery, Charles Burchfield Watercolors and Drawings, 1976, no. 17
Boston, Massachusetts, Library of The Boston Athenaeum, An American Visionary: Watercolors and Drawings of Charles E. Burchfield, March-May 1986, no. 13
Boca Raton, Florida, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Masterpieces of American Modernism: Selections from the Harvey and Francoise Rambach Collection, March-April 1995, pp. 12, 20-21, illustrated
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Masterpieces of American Modernism: The Rambach Collection, January-April 1998, illustrated

Literature

John I.H. Baur, The Inlander: Life and Work of Charles Burchfield: 1893-1967, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1982, p. 116, illustrated p. 122

Condition

Good condition; unframed: laid down on board, small spot of foxing in sky, possible restoration in dark area at center right.
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