ID 1182865 
Lot 6  | CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD (1893-1967)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000 
Retreat of Winter
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CEB/1950-64' (lower left)—dated again and inscribed with title and 'original sketch "Song of the Brook" -1950' (on the reverse)
watercolor on joined paper laid down on board
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm.)
Executed in 1950-64.
Provenance
Susan and David Workman, New York.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1975.
Literature
C. Burchfield, Journals, February 14, 1962.
J.S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections, Utica, New York, 1970, p. 306, no, 1298.
J. Tannenbaum, “Charles Burchfield at Kennedy,” Arts Magazine, vol. 48, May 1974, p. 72.
Exhibited
New York, Frank M. Rehn Galleries, Charles Burchfield, October 3-29, 1966, no. 7.
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo State Univeristy, Dedication, The Charles Burchfield Center, December 9, 1966.
New York, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Charles Burchfield Memorial Exhibition: Paintings and Drawings, March 1-April 21, 1968, no. 2.
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Charles E. Burchfield: Watercolors, March 27-April 20, 1974, no. 15, illustrated.
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; Buffalo, New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North by Midwest, March 23, 1997-January 25, 1998, pp. 35, 48, 228, no. 119, illustrated.
| Artist: | Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967) | 
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Category: | Drawings | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967) | 
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Category: | Drawings | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
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