Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Untitled (Haloed Moon Over Treetops), April 1917; watercolor and graphite on paper, 14 x 10 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield Journals, April 17, 1916
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013
Cottonwoods are suddenly massed with long catkins; wave in wind – sunlit – A streaky sky at late afternoon – misty yellow afterglow – Blinding white moon with blue around it. April Moon – brilliant – cold wind from N.W – Poplars cottonwoods Maples in full bloom.
Charles Burchfield, April 17, 1916