Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Deserted Miner's Home, 1918; watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board, 18 x 24¾ inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased with support from the Collector’s Club, John and Carrol Kociela, and the Burchfield Penney Art Acquisition Endowment, 2014
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, April 10, 1918
Sunday, Apr 10, 2022
Dreamt last night our house was situated in a marsh-like place – I was younger / I went down under the house. Here it seemed as if I was viewing the cellar as it was before the new part of the house was added on — but instead of a cellar under one room only, there were cavities under the whole house – they were large & dark, with numerous dark posts to hold the house up – at the head of the old cellar way a spring gushed forth; it seemed as if formerly this was our source of drinking water –
Charles Burchfield, Journals, April 10, 1918