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
A2000.001.017.025
[inscription reads] " Where the path leads up over a slight roll in the ground we come upon a tiny locust grove with a vanguard of large leaved poplars; The underbrush, once so dense & wild has been levelled and now all that remains are the shoots of locusts & elderberries. Between the path & hedge is a patch of blackberries – a new growth. / Song of katydids – a steady sound like the sewing machine in its constant rhythm. / Climbing a slight roll in the ground come to a stile cutting the snaky hedge in two, and aids one to the broad "