Beschreibung:

Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) Untitled (Landscape) dated 'April 28, 1918' (on the reverse) watercolor and pencil on paper 18 x 24 7/8in (45.7 x 63.2cm) Executed in 1918. Fußnoten Provenance Private collection, New York. By descent to the present owner, 1999. According to Nancy Weekly of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, "Charles E. Burchfield did not make many journal entries in 1918, including April 28, 1918—as written in the artist's handwriting on the back of this painting—perhaps because he was thinking about being drafted into the U.S. Army where he would begin his service in the summer. Nevertheless, the imagery in this painting is typical of the rolling hills in and around Salem, Ohio where he was living, and it depicts one of his favorite subjects: a massive tree stump." (unpublished letter, October 7, 2019) Accompanying this work is a research report completed by Nancy Weekly of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York. We wish to thank her for her assistance cataloguing this lot.