Lot Essay
The present work depicts a view of the artist's backyard and the back of his Gardenville, New York home from the perspective of his studio.
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Backyard
Details
CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Backyard
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1938' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
22 3⁄4 x 27 3⁄4 in. (57.8 x 70.5 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Backyard
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1938' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
22 3⁄4 x 27 3⁄4 in. (57.8 x 70.5 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman, New York.
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Wichita, Kansas.
Christie's, New York, 5 December 1986, lot 296, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman, New York.
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Wichita, Kansas.
Christie's, New York, 5 December 1986, lot 296, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 180, no. 883.
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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Senior Vice President, Head of American Art