Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.100

[inscription reads] " row is interspersed among the effect is pleasing. A colony of dwarf sumac holds especial beauty. The red seed bunches & the silverfish underside of the leaves exposed by the wind are a rare combination. Here & there is the reddish purple of ironweed rapidly coming out. / Discover nest in apple sapling. At my approach a gold-finch flies out. I seek to climb sapling. Too weak for my weight. Carefully I bend tree over. Nest outside composed of feathers and grass "