June 13, 1944
graphite pencil on unlined paper
9 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
June 13, 1944
To counter-act the distraction of my show at the Albright, with all its attendant confusion, invitations etc, I have all spring been going over my early work (chiefly 1917-18) reconstructing them, enlarging, and laying plans for them to such a degree that they almost will constitute new pictures. They are as follows:
Title-- Date-- Old Size-- New Size—
1 Star-in-the Woods- 1917- 22x18 34x46
2 Song of the Peterbird- 1918- 25x20 36x52
3 Red Birds (Spring Sight)- 1917- 22x18 36x54
4 Solitude (Cave & Cliff)- 1918- 30x22 39x57
5 Rain at Dusk (Wellsville) 1920- 27x19 38x50
6 Cherry Tree “Snowstorm” 1917- 27x20 36x48
7 In the Deep Woods 1918- 18x21- 33x48 (Rough Run)
8 The Red Dove- 1918- 25x18- 38x58
9 Swamp Fire in March- 1920 19x26- 33x48
All of these present great possibilities; and I have many more of the 1917 in mind to do—