Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Sun and Rocks, 1918-50; watercolor on gouache on joined paper mounted on board, 40 x 56 inches (Enlarged from Song of the Peterbird, 1918, 26 x 19 inches); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1953
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, April 21, 1948
Friday, May 17, 2013
All day on "Song of the Peterbird" picture (Shall I change the title to "Sun, Clouds and Rocks?") – I felt in fine fettle, able to tear into the picture, making changes & inventing new themes and details – I put into the sun all the devastating destroying power of that "star" that I feel on a March Sap day.
Charles E. Burchfield, April 21, 1948