Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The City, 1916; Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches; Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The night before – a dream of a village east of Buffalo, like a remembrance out of my childhood – strange interesting house, and gnarled cedars. Going out into Buffalo, the eastern suburbs unchanged for years while the rest of Buffalo advanced. In a school room the children used china trays for water-color painting which were enameled with designs of fishes in color.
Charles E. Burchfield, March 11, 1933