Live Auction 20979Modern American Art
CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Lot 179

CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)

Twin Cupolas

Closed21 April 2023

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USD 20,000–30,000

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CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Twin Cupolas
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1929-42' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
15 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (40 x 53.9 cm.)
Executed in 1929-42.

Frank K.M Rehn Galleries, New York.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1974.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work depicts a building the artist would have observed from a trolley stop in Gardenville, New York, where he sometimes commuted to his job in Buffalo as a wallpaper designer during the early years of his career.