Sketch of a night sky with color notations

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Sketch of a night sky with color notations

06-4-1915

pencil on paper

10 7/16 x 7 7/8 inches

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Grace Meibohm, 2014

Layers of colors in arched sky noted:
“BV [by stars]

Green –

Rose —

B – Grey very dk”