Sale 1435
Beverly Hills
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17 November 2004
Price realised
USD 2,868
Estimate
FERDINAND BURGDORFF (1881-1975) Navajos Homeward Bound signed and dated 'Ferdinand Burgdorff/1955' (lower left)--inscribed with title and address (on an artist's label affixed to the reverse) oil on masonite 23¾ x 29¾ in. (60.3 x 75.6 cm.)
Provenance
The artist. Estate of Sophie Burgdorff, Pacific Grove, California. Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California and Church of the Wayfarer, Carmel, California, bequeathed from the above, 1990.
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Exhibited
San Francisco, California, Bohemian Club Exhibition, n.d. Carmel, California, Carmel Art Association, Ferdinand Burgdorff 1881-1975, August-September 1990, no. 19.
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