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Creator:
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this
Pensler, Alan  Search this
Type:
Correspondence
Date:
1966 Aug. 3
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
Letter : 6 p. : handwritten ; 21 x 16 cm.
Summary:
Burchfield describes how he happened to paint <em>The Shed</em>, explaining: "I often say that I do not choose my subjects for my pictures, that they choose me ..." <br>Letter is six pages on three sheets of paper.
Citation:
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3. Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Provenance:
Donated 2011 by Alan M. Pensler whose family owned the painting <em>The shed.</em>
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14678
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Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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