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
A2000.001.017.023
[inscription reads] " which are bent by the force of the loosed air, in the, crumpling of corn-blades, in the sight of play some children hair & clothes fluttering. / After supper start out for a walk, simply to see the close of day, while surround by nature. / The wind is abating gradually but it has left the air in chrystalline (sic) state & all things sparkle / Observe robin blackbird & quail in wheat stubble at tree. / Concrete knowledge of frog-pond. Soon will be gone. When the sidewalk melts "