Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.090

[inscription reads] " of yellow & whitish green. / Post’s Clover field – the name remains if the clover does not – is I believe the highest point east of north of Salem. I sit down on a stump. The hills superiority to the adjacent country gives me a sense of elation. Let us forget that the sky, as scientist theorize, is distance, and imagine that it is in reality a dome, whose edge rests on the horizon. If you can do that you are ready for this statement: The sky is dissolving. And the sky dust is coming down to mingle itself with the haze & smoke. The "