Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Houses, 1920; Watercolor and pencil on paper, 12 x 17 1/2 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, March 9, 1917
Thursday, Mar 9, 2017
A morning with the peculiar black haze coming down from the Zenith—Horizon strangely white—sky & roofs same tone, leaving houses in fragments—anything with a tower is huge overpowering black thing with a livid white edge—& buildings in front of it are in fear.
Charles Burchfield, March 9, 1917