Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Night Wind, 1918; watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, 21 1/2 x 21 7/8 inches; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, 1960
Day of Rains & S.W. wind –
A dirt odor –
Night – terrific rain gusts – at eleven – the moonlight sifts evilly thru the ragged rifts – wind at one side –
The wind moans like a black night of December –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 19, 1918