The Little Canyon

c. 1925

George Elbert Burr

Associated Names
George Elbert Burr

Artist, American, 1859 - 1939

The image shows a view through a narrow canyon with towering rock formations on either side. The horizon is low in the image, with distant plateaus visible. The piece uses intricate cross-hatching for texture in the rock surfaces and sky, with a monochromatic color palette of black, gray, and off-white. Swirling clouds in the sky are also cross-hatched, adding texture and movement. The rocky terrain leads the eye towards the horizon, framed by cliffs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.92 × 11.27 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.38 × 15.88 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Seeber 1971, no. 257

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. 134, no. 257.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: GB [the artist's monogram]; lower left in graphite: George Elbert Burr; lower left edge in graphite: (This print in British Museum Collection of my work); lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 257 The Little Canyon, Arizona Etch; lower right corner in blue ink by unknown hand: (no. 2); lower left verso in blue colored pencil: S.K. Rule

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77011406

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