Lot 2
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield 1893 - 1967

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Ephraim Burchfield
  • Hemlock in Wind
  • signed with the artist's monogrammed initials CEB and dated 1955 (lower right); also titled and dated "Hemlock in Wind"/1955 on the reverse 
  • watercolor, conté crayon and pencil on paper
  • 17 by 21 1/2 inches
  • (43.2 by 54.6 cm)

Provenance

Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Valente, New York
Estate of Cecile Singer (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 18, 2005, lot 63, illustrated) 
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Literature

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 1138, p. 258 (as Wind-blown Hemlock)