Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Snow Remnants, 1932; watercolor on paper, 23 5/8 × 39 7/16 inches; Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Frank K.M. Rehn, Inc.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 27, 1932
Saturday, Feb 27, 2021
In bed all day with cold — reading “God have mercy on us” which Frank [Lankes] loaned to me and has been after me to read. It is one of the best American accounts of the war and inasmuch as it was a prize winner in a contest, it belies my contention that nothing good can be done for a prize.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 27, 1932
[God Have Mercy on Us! A Story of 1918 by William T. Scanlon (1929)]