October 31, 1914
graphite on lined paper
5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
[inscription reads] tion. A small exhibition of work by members – Singing and refreshments – / Nov 2, 1914. / In November a man would, if ever, eat his heart, muses Thoreau. As yet we have a continuation of October’s golden weather. Yesterday was a bright “Sonnvolltag.” Today was more like November – cloudy grey & dark early but never dispiriting. / Yesterday afternoon afoot part way to “Pop Concert at Hippodrome. All the time before its commencement the violinists practiced under the stage – long ripplings up and down the scale – a weird (sic) misture (sic)