1920s Rare CHARLES BURCHFIELD Attributed WALLPAPER Forest Scene BIRGE Buffalo NY

Description

Charles Burchfield (attributed; American, 1893–1967)
Wallpaper No. 2904 [Idyllic Forest Scene]
Manufactured by M. H. Birge Co & Sons, Buffalo, New York
Circa 1920s
Marked in the selvage “Birge Made in U.S.A.”
19-1/4” wide by 18-5/8” long (one full panel)
Small, nearly invisible tear to top edge with neat tape reinforcement to reverse; otherwise in clean, fresh, very fine condition. (Please note that there is no trimming to the edges, and both end cuts are perfectly perpendicular (90 degrees) to the sides; any seeming distortion or irregularity is in the photos only.)
Comments: The scene depicts a temple-like pavilion in Classical style, surrounded by highly stylized trees and flowers. While I was unable to definitively establish Burchfield’s authorship, the paper dates to the era of his employment as a designer at Birge (1921 – 1929), and a number of elements bear a close affinity with those found in Burchfield’s “fine” watercolors--most notably the distinctive, simplified quality of the trees, as well as the clustered “concentric” design of the flowers, reflecting the radiant halos that are a recurring motif in the artist’s depictions of nature.
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