Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Noonday Heat, 1921, varnished watercolor, 23 3/4 x 33 inches (60.3 x 83.8 cm.), Private Collection
Kaiser came down last Sunday, and we took several hikes. He came down to relieve himself of the strain he has been under for several weeks (his wife had undergone a Caesarian birth—with a good recovery) but, if he came to relieve himself he also stimulated me so that it was a mutual give and take. Monday we went to Washingtonville, where I showed him Pansy Allen’s stores (I had shown him at home the water-color made from them “Noon-day Heat”)
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 13, 1921