Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Church Tower at Dusk, February 5, 1918; watercolor on paper, 18 x 12 inches; Image courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 5, 1918
Monday, Jan 5, 2015
Jan 5, 1918 –
A snow gloom morning –
P.M. To Washingtonville by way of Millville –
Washingtonville a masterpiece of caricature – buildings, houses, people & site even –
Homeward in the dusk; black farmhouses set amid frightful black orchards –
Trolley makes a big blue green star along the wire, seen thru a long screen of trees, it looks like the sun as we see it walking along a picket fence