Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Fireflies and Lightning, 1964-65; watercolor, graphite and white charcoal, 40 x 54 inches; Purchase made possible with funds from M&T Bank, an anonymous donor, William P. and A. Laura Brosnahan, the Vogt Family Foundation and the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, 1998
Working on a drawing for "Lightning Bugs" based on memories of "frog-legging" along the Little Beaver in June, and after studying my 1915 notes—
That rhapsodic summer of 1915—It was then my art career began to bloom—
Charles Burchfield, June 22, 1964