Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
The Collection of John Sacret Young
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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