Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Study for The White Tower, a.k.a. Buildings and Street Scene, c. 1942; conté crayon and red pencil on collaged paper, 22 1/16 x 17 1/8 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, The Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, March 14, 1942
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2018
Mar. 14 - Sat
A little before 8:00 - M.A. calls from Buffalo, - they had gotten up early and taken the 6:10, instead of 8:20.
8:30 - Drive C. to Buffalo for orchestra practice - Take S along as compensation for not going to E. Aurora last night. Breakfast at Greyhound Terminal, then to Market.
Home by 11:00 - good to see girls.
P.M. To Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo - jury for High School art contest - N.L.R. in charge, and proves her inexperience. 16 classifications, in piles on tables, and each juror supposed to "thumb" thru them and mark down his choices! This plus the fact that I felt totally unqualified to pass on such work, filled me with dismay. Somehow we got thru the afternoon, though it was a tiring job.
Mr. Anderson (from J.N. Adam Co., the exhibit's sponsor) in at 5:30 - Cocktails -
Evening - spent in "family visiting at home."
Charles E. Burchfield, March 14, 1942