Along the Fence in July

Details

CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Along the Fence in July
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1939' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and charcoal on paper
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1939.

Provenance

The artist.
Dr. Maurice Bisharat, Torrington, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 1950.
DC Moore Gallery, New York.
The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2017.

Literature

C.E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. LI, October 4, 1950, p. 105.
J.W. Straus, "Charles E. Burchfield: An Interview with the Artist, and Account and Analysis of His Production, and a Catalogue of His Paintings," Honors Thesis, Harvard University, 1942, no. 733.
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 184, no. 910.
S. Indrisek, "5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York: Jamian Juliano-Villani, David Salle, and More," blouinartinfo.com, May 6, 2015.

Exhibited

New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield: The Nature of Seeing, May 1-June 13, 2015, p. 44, illustrated.

Further details

We would like to thank Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts the fence on the edge of Burchfield's own yard. The same fence is featured in his 1937 watercolor, Two Fence Posts (Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois). In his journal, the artist recounts selling the present work: "Dinner with Dr. & Mrs. Bisharat at 'L'Aiglon' Rest[aurant]. He brought some of his work along which we looked at afterwards in my room. He returned the little picture of Bertha’s and bought 'Along the Fence in July'" (C.E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. LI, October 4, 1950, p. 105).

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