Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Spring Landscape with Trees and Pond, 1947; Drawing; Painting, Watercolor and charcoal on paper,, 28 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches; Purchased with funds provided by the Virginia H. Carpenter Bequest, Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The children, in direct opposition to me, are in irrepressible hilarious spirits. Reading a little in “The Golden Age” and it comes over me with new clearness that our children’s horizon is too limited—the best back-yard in the world does not compensate for lack of unsupervised meadows, hollows & thickets—ponds, dells and unknown dusty roads.
Charles Burchfield, June 24, 1932