Charles Ephraim Burchfield
Backyard in November
Estimate:
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Property from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow, Dallas, Texas
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
1893 - 1967
Backyard in November
signed with monogrammed initials CEB and dated 1947 (lower right)
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board by the artist
26 by 40 inches
(66 by 101.6 cm)
We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
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Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1989
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Selected American Paintings, April 1989