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
Moonlight beyond elms.(HT)Screech owl commences to whine. A cry of distress. But seems withal a simulated cry as if he were trying to frighten someone with this cry - as no doubt he does fear some people whose consciences bother them more than anything else.(HT)Come to bridge & sit down. By looking at north star, I see moon is almost directly south. The other moon in the water has fascinations. It shows, by its scalloped outline, that water’s surface is not quite smooth. Close to the shore, under