Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Mid-June, 1917-1944; watercolor on paper mounted on Masonite, 36 x 48 inches, sheet, 41 ½ x 53 ½ x 1 3/8 inches, framed; Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Charles W. Goodyear Fund, 1946 1946:1
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Volume 29B, June 10, 1917
Monday, Jun 16, 2014
Moth comes out –
A M to Bottoms country sketching –
Misty Morning – A stray wind clatter rain drops from warm wet trees. – towards noon sky clears hazily, hot sun beats down throwing circular shadows under trees – looming thunderheads
Storm splitting + rumbling to N.W. while all here is sunlit + death by calm
In meadow – storm to N + one to South – Grey clouds finally cover all.
A wind comes from north, loose scudding mists clouds that grow denser + denser + hang low – air chills – terrific morbid dusk – Even then the June-bugs boom thru the air – Night in Posts density of black under trees is appalling bats - a feeling of a crime
Charles E. Burchfield, Volume 29B, June 10, 1917