February 20, 1915 - February 23, 1915
graphite on lined paper
5 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
[inscription reads] " Spring. All sounds acquire a new significance. / Feb. 23, 1915 / Though rain was written in Saturday evenings sky Sunday darned clear & the day remained bouyant till late afternoon when the mists appeared again and the sun became a soft glow. / A.M. In Wade Park sketching. The air is still - the sunshine warm. In a sunny grass-pot I saw countless tiny jumping insects and one fly, the latter sluggish in its movements. From the tops of weeds sun-beaded spider- "