Study for Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Nigh

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Study for Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Nigh

1917

pencil on paper

8 ¼ x 5 3/8 inches

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006

indifference of religion

the wild bell meaning everything

hopeless despair

mad from sin

reveling in sin

innocent faith of a child

insane from poverty

the shame of evil