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The Collection of John Sacret Young

Charles Ephraim Burchfield

Spring Rain in the Woods

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Collection of John Sacret Young

Charles Ephraim Burchfield

1893 - 1967


Spring Rain in the Woods

signed with the artist's monogram (lower left); titled and dated 1950 (on the reverse)

watercolor, gouache and charcoal on joined paper laid down on board

30 by 40 in.

76.2 by 101.6 cm.

Executed in 1950.


We are grateful for the research conducted by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Oppenheimer, Sr., Buffalo (acquired directly from the artist in 1954)

Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Oppenheimer, Jr., Amherst, New York (acquired by descent from the above)

John Sacret Young, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in April 2003)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 51, 4 April 1950, p. 523

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 52, 10 October 1951, p. 170

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 55, 1 April 1954, pp. 37-38

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, vol. 60A, 19 January 1962, p. 25

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, no. 1073, p. 238

J. Benjamin Townsend, ed., Charles Burchfield’s Journals: The Poetry of Place, Albany, 1993, p. 524

John Sacret Young, Pieces of Glass: An Artoir, Beverly Hills, 2016, p. 168, illustrated in color

Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Albright School Faculty Show, 1951

Buffalo, State University College, Upton Hall Gallery, Charles Burchfield, Recent Paintings, 1963, no. 7, p. 11

Buffalo, Burchfield Art Center, Charles Burchfield: Hidden Treasures, 1986-87, p. 14

Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield: Transitions, 2019

Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield: A Lifetime of Themes, 2021-22, p. 129, illustrated in color

Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Land, Sea, and Light: The John Sacret Young Collection, 2023, n.p., illustrated in color

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