Pensler, Alan M.
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Summary: One letter (6 pages) from Charles Burchfield to Alan M. Pensler. Burchfield describes how he happened to paint "The Shed," explaining: "I often say that I do not choose my subjects for my pictures, that they choose me ..."
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist and painter in West Seneca, N.Y.
Donated 2011 by Alan M. Pensler whose family owned the painting "The Shed."
Item has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
