Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Backyards in Winter (Castoff Christmas Tree), 1917; watercolor, gouache, blue and orange crayons, and black wash on paper, 14 1/4 x 18 inches; Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift in memory of Henry G. Keller
Charles Burchfield, Journals, December 13, 1930
Friday, Dec 13, 2013
At work all day on painting—At dusk walk up towards the dam. The sullen gloom of night in the east – the dam hardly visible as a pale blueish streak—towards the ominous yellow sky—glow of Buffalo was cut regularly by the silver shaft of a search-light.
Charles Burchfield, December 13, 1930