Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield
name: label: Creator
content: Pensler, Alan M.
label: Creator
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- New York (State) -- West Seneca
label: Topic
content: Watercolor painting -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2011 by Alan M. Pensler whose family owned the painting "The Shed."
creator: label: Creator
content: Pensler, Alan M.
label: Creator
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist and painter in West Seneca, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966 Aug. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pensalan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Item has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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 ..."