Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Cricket Chorus in the Arbor, 1917; Transparent and opaque watercolor, brush and ink, and wax crayon on paper mounted on board, 22 1/16 x 17 15/16 inches; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Anne and John Straus 2009
Thin pin-point creaking of a few crickets.
One Z-ing katydid
Both are lost in the wind-clanking trees and rasping corn-blades.
Charles Burchfield, September 26, 1914