August 5, 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
phantom clouds, which are tinged with a yellow copper. The sinking of the sun brings a succession of wierd colors; coppery, rose-¬copper, brassy violet, and finally when it is yet high, all surr¬ounding color color ceases and the sun, in a sky of smooth gray, slowly turns from yellow to crimson - a startling spot, seeming a portent of something wonderful to happen.(HT)Those clouds are odd things, having the appearance as they do, of a huge bank of real clouds.