Today marks the first official day of autumn. William Henry Holmes's watercolor Autumn Tangle suggests the crisp breezes and bronze foliage soon to come to the Northern Hemisphere.
Flamboyant Foliage
Today marks the first official day of autumn. William Henry Holmes's watercolor Autumn Tangle suggests the crisp breezes and bronze foliage soon to come to the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanwhile, William Carlos Williams's poem attests to the fleeting nature of this transitional season.
To be Closely Written on a Small Piece of Paper Which Folded into a Tight Lozenge Will Fit Any Girl's Locket
Lo the leaves
Upon the new autumn grass—
Look at them well…!
Pictured: William Henry Holmes, 1846–1933, Autumn Tangle, 1920, watercolor, 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Deakins.