Untitled (Journal Page) pg. 81

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (Journal Page) pg. 81

July 25, 1914 - Aug. 2, 1914.

graphite on lined paper

5-3/4 x 3-11/16 inches

Gifted to the Burchfield Penney Art Center by the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation in 2000.

A2000.001.017.081

[inscription reads] " I strive to answer Peterbird & hear him gradually coming closer. Presently hear his rasping alarm cry close at hand. A chewink gives “chewink” call. A goldfinch shoots by. A solitary birdsong with a sort of melancholy in it – Tee-ree — peer-peer-peer-peer-peer-peer-peer. Growing more rapid - & fainter with each syllable. Soon goldfinches are heard. Cicadas dominate all these sounds when it sings. / Was much interested in watching some ichneumon flies lay their eggs in the rotten trunk of a shagbark hickory. In all there were six at one time on the trunk & three kinds, the horntail "

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Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), "Journal 17" [Journal 17], July 25, 1914 - Aug. 2, 1914.; commercially-made lined paper notebook, 5-3/4 x 3-11/16 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000.