Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Winter Afternoon, 1936; graphite on paper, 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Charles Rand Penney, 1994
The last two days putting in the city & distance on the Steubenville picture. The difficulty here was in producing a city that would be banal & nondescript, and yet create an interest to the rest of the picture.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 24, 1938