Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Song of the Tree Cricket, 1959-60; watercolor, gouache, white chalk and black charcoal on wove paper, 44 x 27 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchase and partial gift from anonymous donors and Albert M. and Raquel R. Wasserman, 2003
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 63, August 21, 1965
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013
Aug. 21 – Saturday / Walk out to Willow-tree about 9:00 Tree-cricket chorus in full song – (First time this year I have heard them, although they must have been going before this) – It was thrilling to hear them again — as elemental and stirring as the first spring peepers in April.
Charles E. Burchfield, August 21, 1965