Catherine Parker (1926-2012), Messiaen V, 2010; gouache and charcoal on paper, 26 x 32 inches; Purchased with funds from John and Carol Kociela, 2011
From a letter to Alice Burchfield from Charles Burchfield
Monday, Dec 31, 2012
Little Catherine is sure a ‘peach’ – I do wish you could see her. We want to photograph her but it seems as if to do the necessary things requires so much effort. She is a nice armful already & I like to hold her & talk foolish to her & feel how soft she is.
Charles Burchfield in a letter to his mother, Alice Burchfield