Live Auction 16394Interiors
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)
Lot 267 Property from an Important New York Estate

Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)

Red Telegraph Poles

Closed11 December 2018

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USD 6,250

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Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967)
Red Telegraph Poles
signed and dated 'C. Burchfield/ 1919' (lower right)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)

with James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Christie's, New York, 15 March 1985, lot 247A, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Specialist note

We would like to thank Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

The present work depicts Leetonia, Ohio, seven miles south of Salem, Ohio, where the artist was raised.