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