Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Untitled (Mid Summer Night)

ca. 1915-1916

graphite on commercially made composition lined paper

8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches

Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

MID SUMMER NIGHT

1-4-16

I have always desired to spend a mid summer

night in the heart of a dream forest, moon-

light seems ever on the point of breaking thru

yet never does. A silver leaf dances above the dark mass; who heard foot steps?

Part of

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Idea Book, Vol. 2, 1915-1916; hard cover commercially made composition book, 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006