The Rhine, below St. Goar

c. 1915

George Elbert Burr

Artist, American, 1859 - 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.22 × 19.37 cm (4 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.16 × 26.99 cm (7 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Seeber 1971, no. 104

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, p. 108, no. 104.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: GB [the artist's monogram]; lower left in graphite: George Elbert Burr; lower right in graphite: The Rhine, below St. Goar; lower left corner in blue colored pencil: S.K. Rule; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Soft-Ground; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: San Goar #104

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77011696

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