Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Decorative Landscape: Hot Morning Sunlight, 1916; watercolor on paper, 19 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, New York, Edward W. Root Bequest, 1957
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 25, 1942
Sunday, Jul 25, 2021
"Dog-days" are here - Stagnant stifling weather hot, humid air, the sun shining brassily from a haze-thickened sky - In the morning heavy dew, with countless silvery 86. webs of the funnel-shaped kind - A cicada or two beginning to be heard at midmorning, grasshoppers putting in the appearance The season is [slowly] mounting to the full power and glory of midsummer.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 25, 1942