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
Edges of hilly mounds near at hand seem edged with white. The moisture of earth is drawn forth - the moon is exercising its tidal attraction?? - is born along by the wind and, uniting with the moonlight, weighs it, causing it to sink to earth.(HT)Descend into Beaver valley. Grass covered with frost? The sky line is more interesting as tree & hill become one - A cap¬ricious line, travelling in undreamed of waves. Tree when moon behind it sparkled as tho watersoaked.Come to Beaver. A breath