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
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