Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Abandoned Farmhouse, 1932; watercolor on paper mounted on board, 23 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches; Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, May 6, 1938
Friday, May 6, 2022
Much cooler. A fiddling day; I grow depressed because I cannot get started on my oil.
A letter from Frank R. with a check and news of a couple pictures being sold. (“Towards Spring” “Winter Afternoon” 133. and “Abandoned Farmhouse”) My “Rainy Night” and “Silver Stream” are to be included in an exhibit of American Art, taken to London by the Wildenstein Galleries. This pleases me, especially the “Silver Stream” which I think is in some ways the best landscape I have painted.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, May 6, 1938