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    18 May 2004

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    • Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
    Lot 95

    Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)

    Country School House

    Price realised

    USD 119,500

    Estimate

    USD 70,000 - USD 100,000

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    Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
    Country School House
    signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1948' (lower right)--dated again and inscribed with title and dimensions (on the reverse)
    watercolor on paper laid down on board
    26¼ x 31¾ in. (66.7 x 80.6 cm.)

    Provenance

    Gift of the artist to Sally Burchfield Ferris and Walter Ferris (his daughter and son-in-law).
    Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1986, lot 230.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Charles Burchfield, November-December, 1973 (as Old Church in Lockport, New York).


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