Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Inventory No. 227 1929 – A – DRAWINGS AND NOTES, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006, 227.9, Referring to August Pasture (1921) 1929

July 22, 1929 – Thoughts en route:

The stump picture – The stump burning reds & hot yellows & browns in hot August sunshine – The brown burnt pasture grass in foreground put in with a few sweeping strokes –

The cows a pattern of black and white spots –

Beyond the vast mystical north sky of August – (purple blue) into odd shaped clouds floating lazily –
Add lichens of last summer’s sketch