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Publication Date

9-1989

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For alumni of Valparaiso University

Burchfield Painting is Memorial Gift

In memory of Valparaiso University alumna Mary Alice (Burchfield) Mustain '47, who died of cancer Aug. 13, 1988, the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, Inc., of Buffalo, N.Y., on April 23 presented the VU Museum of Art the Burchfield watercolor Uprooted Tree.

C. Arthur Burchfield, president of the foundation, made the presentation to VU President Alan F. Harre. Mary Alice's widower Robert spoke. The film Burchfield's Vision was shown, and VU's collection of Burchfield works was exhibited.

Uprooted Tree is the fourth of his watercolors in the University collections, along with three drawings and four wallpaper designs. Museum director Richard Brauer '51 expressed gratitude for the strong relationship which has existed over the years between VU and the Burchfield family

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