Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Orion and the Moon, 1917; Watercolor, charcoal, colored pencil, and gouache on joined paper, mounted on board, 23 1/2 x 35 inches; Private Collection
A walk under the icy wind moon – I danced in the fields. I was thinking of music that was so wonderful the hearers forgot where they were or that it was music & when it was ended, they were still carried on & on into strange realms –
Music showing the birth of the frail spring beauty from one of these icy windy moonlight nights –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 1, 1917