July 12, 1915
double-sided drawing, graphite on paper
8-1/2 x 6 inches (sight)
Collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Carolyn Morris-Hunt and William Menshon in memory of Sylvia Rosen, 2021
Color notations in center right:
“BV – dk” [Blue Violet] “pale cerul” [pale cerulean] “ochre” “pale BG” [pale Blue Green]
Notations at bottom:
“over / Trees in foreground – black green - / All things in heat white haze —"
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 26, July 12, 1915, p. 50.
July 12, 1915-
A stagnant morning of wierd [sic] thunderhead rhythms in the sun whitened sky — an afternoon of wind & whispy [sic] skies — Sun sets a white glow in streaky sky – songsparrow [sic] sings & swallows skim the sky — the afterglow set the sky on fire, when the whole sky became orange & rose-salmon lighting up the earth with yellow light –
VERSO
July 13, 1915
(J) – Windy trees in sunset light, long lines of cloud puffs – new kind of clouds