August 15, 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
heat.(HT)From here I proceed along edge of woods, A tawny-milkweed beautiful when covered with that peculiar white fungus. It rubs off clean with the hand - powdery.As I approached the northern hollow of Farqhuar’s I saw a most beautiful sight, a flash of red among the green oak saplings at the foot of a giant white oak. A brilliant flash of red among the green leaves - a cardinal! Even while I was exulting over him, an indigo bird or purple finch, a piece of