Signed, dated, titled and dedicated, “Charles E. Burchfield/ Pear-Tree and Elderblossoms/ 1939/ Given to my wife/ on her birthday – Oct. 27, 1939” on paper affixed to the reverse

Watercolor on paper

17¼ x 12⅞ inches (sight size)

20 x 15¾ inches (paper size)

Provenance

Mrs. Charles Burchfield, 1939

Thence by descent in the Burchfield family

Kennedy Galleries, New York

Private collection, New York, since 1988

Literature

Joseph S. Trovato, Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections , Utica, New York, p. 184, no. 920