Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Night Scene, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Night Scene, c. 1929; watercolor and pencil on paper, 14 x 20 inches; Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 1920
Thursday, Aug 2, 2018
From far below the sounds voices of the ball-players, using jealously the last shreds of daylight, came up to me & proved a welcome sound. The last sounds attending dying day – the goodbyes of disbanding players; - the shout of one neighbor to another, a woman calling her boy – finally died away leaving the night in full power, with its most pulsating song, and screech owl wail.
Charles E. Burchfield, August 1920