Roycroft , Book Ends #301, early mark; copper with brass wash, 5 3/16 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches; The Charles Rand Penney Roycroft Collection at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1994
Burchfield's archives reveal his studied fascination with symbolism, which he used to capture the countless emotions, sounds and other invisible elements that spoke to his senses. As he wrote, "An artist must paint not what he sees in nature, but what is there."
