Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.074

[inscription reads] " Sit down under gigantic Ash. To the southwest is Bentley’s. A blue haze is in the air. / The land around here owned by Brooks. All their hedge planted with elms. It is almost the sole tree along Highland Ave. One is inclined to believe he planted them out of pure love, with the vision in his mind of a road completely arched by this our most graceful tree. / While sitting here I noticed a robber-bee that had for his “roast” the tip of a dead branch. I recalled that as long as I can re- "