Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967)

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


In his journal entry dated July 30th, 1951, Charles Burchfield likely referred to the present work, writing, "To country below Dayton (on 18) – painting of an old Gothic House I had seen last August – with heat & insect rhythms Paint until 2:00 – Lunch by road, in shadow of trees which overhung from a woods –" (Journals, vol. 52, p. 116)