Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads] " mornings past I saw the morning star - in my half asleep state I thought it was the moon. / Jan. 16, 1915 / I awoke early enough to see the sun-rise. It startled me half out of bed. Up away from the horizon was a long cloud bar, flaming salmon in color, against a blue green sky. Did I awake just for that? / The day stealthily developed towards rain: by noon the sun a glow almost shadowless; by evening, sky grey merging with the earth and "