Lot 2
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield 1893 - 1967

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Ephraim Burchfield
  • September Wind
  • signed with the artist's monogram CEB and dated 1955 (lower right); also titled "SEPTEMBER WIND," dated 1955 and inscribed 14 X 20 on the reverse
  • watercolor and pencil on paper
  • image: 13 3/4 by 20 inches (34.9 by 50.8 cm)
  • sheet: 17 by 22 1/2 inches (43.2 by 57.2 cm)

Provenance

Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York, 1956 
Stanley Winkelman, Detroit, Michigan, 1956 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Paintings and Drawings by Charles Burchfield, June-September 1956, p. 2

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is mat burn visible primarily at the top and left edges. The paper is not hinged or laid down but the edges are resting in photo corners.
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Catalogue Note

The present work is another version of the larger watercolor titled September Wind, 1954, in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.