Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Deserted Miner's Home, 1918 (signed and dated 'Chas Burchfield/4/27-1918-' (lower right); Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board, 18 x 24¾ inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased with support from the Collector’s Club, John and Carol Kociela, and the Burchfield Penney Art Acquisition Endowment, 2014
Charles Burchfield, Journals, October 5, 1914
Saturday, Oct 3, 2015
All is awry with me. The beauty I saw while at home this summer, beauty that seemed perpetual does not come now. I entertain cheaper thoughts. The city is nothing but imitation + hypocrisy .
I must up + away from this. I must regain my lost ground. It is but a little slip, but I must take firmer step lest I tumble.
The dry season continues. There are no vivid colors. Nature is drying a dead yellow. Moon clear.
Charles E. Burchfield, October 5, 1914.