Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Return of the Bluebirds, 1917-58; watercolor and graphite on five sheets of paper adhered to paperboard, 33 x 45 inches (83.8 x 114/3 cm); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum purchase funded by Miss Ima Hogg, 68.45
Autograph letter signed, from Charles E. Burchfield to Dr. Theodor W. Braasch, August 22, 1958
Saturday, Aug 22, 2020
…As Maurice Sterne said, once a picture is started it assumes a life and direction of its own and it is up to the artist to find out what it wants and to follow it. This has been true of so many of my things, I ought to know better than to fight it.
Charles E. Burchfield, August 22, 1958