August 4, 1914
graphite pencil on commercially-made lined paper
5 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
when the moon appears, already about an hour high, hitherto ob¬scured by a bank of clouds. It is a dull orange, not attaining yet its customary brilliancy.(HT)The crickets & katydids have commenced, - whose song is supplemented by the strong cold wind, which saws its way thru a corn-field.(HT)Down Painter Road. As I go down it. I seem to be entering another world. Darkness falling a shower of smoke. The wind from the north helps to prolong daylight.(HT)(HT)The moon now brilliant