Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property of Descendants of the Artist
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
Christmas
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Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Bid
50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of Descendants of the Artist
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
1893 - 1967
Christmas
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1951 (lower right); titled, dated 1951, inscribed and dated again Jan. 8 & 9, 1952 (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
33 by 24 ¾ in.
83.8 by 62.9 cm.
Executed in 1952.
We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
Estate of the artist
Catherine Parker, Buffalo (acquired from the above in 1967)
Acquired by descent from the above in 2012 by the present owner
Joseph S. Trovato, ed., Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 1075, p. 242
Henri Cole, "The Solace of Trees," The New Yorker, 19 December 2013, illustrated
Texas, Amarillo Art Center, Charles Burchfield: Selected Works, 1975, n.p., no. 10
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield: American Landscapes, 2013
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