August 1917
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
21 ¾ x 18 3/8 in.
Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery
C. E. Burchfield Foundation stamp and number bottom right: C.E.B. /B # 488
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals 29B (August 25, 1917): 54.
Strange how Summer and Fall should meet all at once. Last night was deep August – stagnant, heavy, a huge thunderstorm booming to the North; - today high cold wind, scud-clouds, feeling of late September.