Desert Cedars, New Mexico

1920

George Elbert Burr

Associated Names
George Elbert Burr

Artist, American, 1859 - 1939

The image features a detailed view of a large, gnarled tree in the foreground, set against a horizon with distant mesas and rolling hills. The horizon line includes cliffs and rock formations. The etching captures the textures of the tree's bark and leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and black. Whimsically drawn clouds are scattered across the sky and landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in blue-black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.77 × 29.85 cm (9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.93 × 43.5 cm (13 3/4 × 17 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1116

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Seeber 1971, no. 218

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1971

  • Seeber, Louise Combes. George Elbert Burr, 1859-1939: Catalogue Raisonné and Guide to the Etched Works. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1971, pp. 127-128, no. 218.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: © [artist's monogram] '20.; lower left in graphite: © George Elbert Burr - Del et Imp. / -Desert Cedars- / (New Mexico); lower right in graphite: Trial proof / 834

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

HANDMADE J WHATMAN 1918 ENGLAND

Wikidata ID

Q77008784

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