November 11, 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] While at lunch a streaky bullet shower. Afternoon clearing & sunlit. Sky a resounding soul-gripping blue. / I love nature for her own sake as I do beauty. / “Art for Art’s sake” says Nietsche. It has always been my slogan and in it I rejoice. / Nov. 11, 1914 / The second of silvery thick white-hazed November mornings - calm motionless air as before a silent winter storm. / Yesterday at mid-morning a walk with