Lot 9
  • 9

Charles Ephraim Burchfield

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Ephraim Burchfield
  • Woodland Scene
  • signed with the artist's initials CEB and dated 1939 (lower right)
  • watercolor and gouache on paper
  • 22 by 18 inches
  • (55.9 by 45.7 cm)

Provenance

Charles Arthur Burchfield (the artist's son)
Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1987
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Orlando, Florida, Loch Haven Art Center, 1977
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Burchfield's Seasons, 1982, no. 19, illustrated

Literature

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 917, p. 184

Condition

Watercolor and gouache on paper. Recto: In generally good condition aside from a 2 horizontal inch crease near lower left corner and uneven edges. Verso: work is hinged at upper edge by two pieces of cloth tape, 4 pieces of cloth tape at upper edge from prior hinging, residue along edges from prior mounting and paper residue all oer back from being laid down previously.
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