August 8, 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
haps some night they had been ripped asunder by lightning and then with their vitals laid open to each other had come together while their wounds were still fresh and healed each others hurts by their very life sap. Who knows but from this union may spring a new species - a wonderful hybrid offspring combining all the magic and witchery of both species?(HT)Continue thru hot dry pastures. Some of the leaves of button-woods are turning yellow and sienna, adding to their beauty.