Live Auction 21774Modern American Art
CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Lot 58 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)

Cliff Dwellers

Closed18 April 2024

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USD 60,000–80,000

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CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Burchfield, C.E.
Cliff Dwellers
bears artist's estate stamp 'C.E. Burchfield Foundation*' and 'B-440' (lower right)
mixed media on joined paper laid down on board
39 x 54 in. (99.1 x 137.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1920 and after 1944.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Private collection.
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992.

Specialist note

The present work depicts East Liverpool, Ohio, where Charles Burchfield visited in 1920. Some of the same structures included in Cliff Dwellers can be seen in his Pippin House, East Liverpool, Ohio of 1920 (Museum of Modern Art, New York). Begun circa 1920, the present work was later enlarged by the artist, likely after 1944.