Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Drought Mirage, 1951-1962; watercolor over chalk on paper, 29 11/16 x 39 7/8 inches; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Estelle and Morton Sosland
To church at Cleveland Park – unsatisfactory.
Evening – after we were in bed – Art home from trip to lake
He had “bad news” about the car – had had a collision & dented in the front – It was hard for him to repeat it, poor fellow – but it was hardly his fault –
Charles E. Burchfield, July 8, 1951