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Creator:
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this
Burchfield, Louise  Search this
Type:
Correspondence
Date:
1933
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
Letter : 1 folded sheet : various media ; folded to 16 x 11 cm.
Summary:
Burchfield writes to his sister Louise and references upcoming plans for Christmas and the untimely deaths of Burchfield's sister, Frances and mother, Alice (they died June 13 and June 23, 1933, respectively). <br>Burchfield has reproduced a detail of his watercolor <em>Winter bouquet</em> on the front of the folded sheet. He writes that he originally created a woodcut of <em>Winter bouquet</em> but did not feel that it was "Burchfieldesque" enough and he instead made a watercolor.
Citation:
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Charles Ephraim Burchfield letter to Louise Burchfield, 1933. Charles Burchfield letter to Louise Burchfield, 1933. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Condolence notes  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)12689
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Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_12689