Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Winter Bouquet, 1933; Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite and charcoal on paper, affixed overall to thick gray cardboard, 35 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches (90.8 x 68.9 cm); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Ellen Kelleran Gardner Fund
To taxidermist’s for crow. Mine he had fixed in a “cawing” position—wings lightly spread, mouth open. He had some other crows there that had been ordered and never called for. I bought two more—one sitting,—,& one with wings fully spread.
Take them to studio—they look fine there and add an atmosphere that I love. The cat, which was by the fire, was terror-stricken at the sight of the birds
Charles Burchfield, April 9, 1932