Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads] " noticed them / Sept 5, 1914 / Cold blue air morning - sky a deep whanging blue - trees & punctures in tree blue-edged. Shadows a deep blue. Trees in distance violet shadowed. Sun wards a blue sticky haze thru (sic) which the suns rays fall slantingly in long spokes. / Shadows of poles visible on the mists as well as ground, a heavy frosty dew. Sunlight dazzling. / Alleys a scrawny place with smart-weed & Spanish-needles in bloom. Dwarf ragweed in bloom. "