Description:
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)
Three Watercolors on Paper: Apple Blossoms, Abstract Composition, and House with Telephone Pole
Apple Blossoms signed "CHARLIE" l.c., others unsigned.
Abstract with charcoal, sizes to 14 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (36.2 x 52.5 cm),House unframed, others framed.
Condition: House laid on cardboard support, Abstract with creasing, not examined out of frames.
Provenance: Acquired directly from Martha Burchfield, the artist's daughter, in the early 1970s, to the current owner by family descent.
N.B. Accompanied by two framed letters, one to Charles Burchfield signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and dated November 8, 1956, the other a citation to Mrs. Bertha Burchfield on the first anniversary of the establishment of the Charles Burchfield Center in Buffalo, signed by Lyndon Johnson and dated November 14, 1967.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
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