Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Cicada Song in September, 1956; watercolor on paper, 38 1/8 x 32 1/2; Image from the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, July 20, 1959
Wednesday, Jul 20, 2022
Westward to visit the spot where three years ago in September I painted the “Cicada-Song in September” (Braasche’s). Then I had noted many orchid plants, and had always wanted to come back at this time of blooming (I counted 35 plants). There were not as many plants, but what there were just beginning to bloom. (The same variety I have at home.)
Neither of us could see the “Cicada-Song in September” in this spot but of course, it was a state of mind and a mood.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 20, 1959