August 1917
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
21 3/4 x 18 3/8 inches
Courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation and DC Moore Gallery
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.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals 29B, Pg. 54, August 25, 1917