Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.079

[inscription reads] " This woods a truly composite one; Maple, Pignut, Shagbark, Cucumber, Beech, Tulip, Butternut. Unknown tree, with patches of glossey (sic) red leaves. / To the east in the sky are some thunderish looking clouds whose sun – whitened edges only are visible, the body part blended into the sky. They seem like phantom clouds. If I could be carried by the wind thither what wonders could I not see! To sit on these substantial clouds & wind the wind & mist in my face & look down and see the opaque bluish earth / The odd piles of dirt. On "