Lot 72
Lot 72
Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straus
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)

Winter Afterglow

Price Realised USD 43,750
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)

Winter Afterglow

Price Realised USD 43,750
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
Price Realised USD 43,750
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)
Winter Afterglow
signed and dated 'Chas Burchfield/-1917-' (lower left)–dated again, inscribed with title and '"House and trees in the grip of/winter–the house seems to crouch/in fear; and the trees writhe in agony/against the twilight sky."' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
watercolor and gouache on joined paper
20 x 2112 in. (50.8 x 54.6 cm.)
Executed in 1917.
Provenance
The artist.
Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, by 1952.
Literature
J.W. Straus, "Charles E. Burchfield: An Interview with the Artist, and Account and Analysis of His Production, and a Catalogue of His Paintings," B.A. honors thesis, Harvard University, 1942, no. 195.
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 56, no. 256.
C.L. Makowski, Charles Burchfield: An Annotated Bibliography, Lanham, Maryland, 1996, pp. 44, 63.
Exhibited
New York, Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, Early Water-colors by Charles Burchfield, 1917-1918, November 20-December 16, 1939, no. 41.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, 20th International Exhibition of Watercolors, July 17-October 5, 1941.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Contemporary American Watercolors, October 16-November 9, 1941.
Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition 1893-1967, April 9-May 31, 1970, n.p., no. 100.
Katonah, New York, Katonah Gallery, American Painting, 1900-1976, November 1, 1975-September 11, 1976.
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