Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Untitled (Trees and Shack) aka Landscape with House and Trees
June 9, 1917
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
18 x 21 7/8 in. (45.7 x 55.6 cm.)
Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Archives
The subject matter is suggested in the following transcriptions from Burchfield’s small pocket journals for June 9, 1917:
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 29B, June 9, 1917, p. 46.
P.M. – Post’s & Covered Bridge sketching. Rainy lowery day. Spongey ground — heavily dripping trees — spatter of thrash song — late dusk – whip-poor-will & fire-flies from meadow —
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 30, June 9, 1917, p. 58.
In misty soggy Dusk fireflies in dew meadow —
—Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar, Burchfield Penney Art Center, 2023