Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Letter from Emma to Art offering her car for $100. “ “ M A.—thanking us for her watch. “ “Century Club—offering me an honorary guest privilege for one year. (Last week Andrew Ritchie called and said I had been made a life member of the gallery—and the card came Saturday. Remounting the “Cave & Cliff” picture (renamed “Solitude”)—also the one of Sally. June 3 (Tues). Clearing weather— Studying the 1925 “Lilacs” picture, of a house (since remodeled & “ruined”.) up on Clinton St. opp. Bullis. At long last I realize that the trouble with this picture is that the house must stand alone, that the house on the left does not belong I will have to re-mount it.June 4 (Wed). A beautiful clear morning—the sky cloudless—warm—the quietness—a far away [sic] train whistle. Started preliminary work on re-mounting the “Lilacs #2” Afternoon—B & I to the woods at the juncture of Sharp St & Genesee Rds, north of Springville—(near the great Bog). A fine woods, part of a pasture for a large herd of cows—many beautiful sturdy hemlocks, and patches of black “holes” under groups of hemlocks. Thousands of white (2 kinds) & purple violets, with strawberry,—fern young tender ferns—ponds with little “fairy groups of old moss-covered logs & fern grounds. By a swift running stream—the water is clear but tinged with a transparent tobacco brown, which intensifies the colors of underneath plants. B—stretched out on her back on the warm earth—& I removed my