Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Untitled (Oh gee, oh gosh, oh my, oh my, oh my), Undated; graphite on paper, 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Archives Gift of Charles E. Burchfield Foundation,1975
To early service
P.M. – Lying down – the NBC concert – Beethoven 3rd Symph. + V. [Vaughan] Williams two piano concerto – rugged noble music.
To Seneca to see Bowery Boys in “Crazy Over Horses” – Their usual amusing buffoonery + “I’ll see you in my dreams” a very warm human story of the lyricist Gus Kahn (his first one, “gee, I wish that I had a girl” set to music by his wife to be.)
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 17, 1952
(Now on view in Charles E. Burchfield: In His Own Words.)