Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Untitled (Journal Pg 65)
August 11, 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
blue sky. This color lasted longer and faded slowly. I find that such rich colorings came on cool clear days.(HT)I wonder how many who viewed this spectacle could do so with out entertaining an aspiration to something nobler than they had yet achieved? Indeed & I saw no one so much as giving the sky a second glance, if a first.(HT)Most people start out in life with the idea that life is a burden thrust upon them against their will when it is the highest gift God can bestow, better even than any