Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Portrait of Mother, Jan, 1916; watercolor on paper, 20 x 14 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 13, 1919
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018
As I lay in bed this morning my mother below in the kitchen sang and whistled an old quaint air; as I listened I laughed happily that she was my mother – I asked her later what tune it was; she said she couldn’t remember, that it was two years since she had thought of it.
Charles E. Burchfield, November 13, 1919