July 25, 1914 - Aug. 2, 1914
graphite on lined paper
5-3/4 x 3-11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
A2000.001.017.018
[inscription reads] " warm flagstones. But is not this wind a miracle you say, such a wind coming so unexpectedly in the night, such a mighty cool wind that bends the trees? Yes, comes the answer, but it doesn’t get you any money. / A hideous thing is gold – it is that that is now sending all Europe to arms. Thru (sic) it kings & leaders of men are leading vast hordes of humanity into hell, playing upon a false patriotism, which has been instilled in them thru centuries of training. / Even I myself, who am "