Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Beethoven's 4th Symphony
undated
black and red pencil on paper, 2-sided
5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Charles Rand Penney, 1994
Beneath organic doodles that suggest root systems, flowering plants, a seed pod, a cloud-strew sky, and a half moon, Burchfield wrote: "Beethoven's 4th Symph[ony] / Richmond 19033," to which he may have been listening as he drew.