Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Hazy July Noon, July 30, 1916; watercolor with graphite on paper, 20 x 14 inches (Frame: 27 7/8 inches); Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979
Charles Burchfield, Journals , July 6, 1916
Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022
How the hot noon sun pours down on the glaring crimson roses. A heat withered leaf falling in a sunhazed forest – Stars zigzagging above the lightning-lit horizon with its jagged border of black trees – Poplars dying in the noon heat-haze.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 6, 1916