tops of four houses--three with red chimneys--visible over the crest of a hill; stylized grasses in foreground and trees in background; sky has pale pinkish-red and yellow bands at top

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Morning in Late May, 1917

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Charles Burchfield described this scene in a letter dated May 3, 1963:

“A sunny morning at the season when plant life is in its first lush growth – little houses ‘peek’ out at the beholder from behind a meadow of fresh young oats (The edge of Salem, Ohio).”

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Details
Title
Morning in Late May
Artist Life
1893–1967
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.101.1
Provenance
[Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York]. Harold J. Goldman, Bellaire, Texas (by 1970). Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 30, 1989, no. 262, bought in. [Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York]. [Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico]; Don and Diana Lucker, Chanhassan, Minn. (until 2012; given to MIA)
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tops of four houses--three with red chimneys--visible over the crest of a hill; stylized grasses in foreground and trees in background; sky has pale pinkish-red and yellow bands at top

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