Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), End of Fifth Street, 1917; watercolor on paper, 21 1/2 x 19 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
My brother was speaking of Grafton, a small town near Leetonia, - how formerly it was dangerous for a stranger to come into town – strangely enough it added interest to the small town; how a foreign race turned loose here becomes wild + new.
Charles Burchfield, November 3, 1917