Desert Sunset

1921

George Elbert Burr

Artist, American, 1859 - 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with plate tone in greenish-black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John Farr Simmons

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 x 24.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 x 34.1 cm (10 1/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.60.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Seeber 1971, no. 221


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1971

  • Seeber, Louise Combes. George Elbert Burr, 1859-1939: Catalogue Raisonné and Guide to the Etched Works. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1971, p. 128, no. 221.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: © [artist's monogram] 21; lower left in graphite: © George Elbert Burr Del. et Imp. / Desert Sunset; lower right in graphite: Trial proof -

Wikidata ID

Q74875093


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