Beech Tree and the Valley of the Little Beaver (Czestochowski 1)

Details

CHARLES BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Beech Tree and the Valley of the Little Beaver (Czestochowski 1)
etching, 1919, on Special MBM, signed, dated and titled in pencil (lightly rubbed), from the edition of 10, with wide margins, a few foxmarks on the reverse (partially showing through), pale mat staining, remains of old tape and four associated stains at the margin corners, very minor soiling, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
P. 5 1/8 x 8¼ in. (129 x 208 mm.)
S. 9 3/8 x 13 in. (237 x 330 mm.)

Lot Essay

As with his emotive watercolors of the American landscape, this image, Burchfield's first foray into printmaking, is infused with a deep nostalgia for mid-western life. The etching depicts a scene where the artist's family lived, and to which he returned after being discharged from the army in 1919. Said Burchfield, "Three chestnut trees, overlooking the valley of the Little Beaver. What glorious trees these vanished chestnuts were -- with their shaggy deeply sculptured trunks, and waxy green luxuriant foliage, now truly myths of a bygone era."

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