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Evening Cloud, Arizona [no. 2]; from the Desert Set by George Elbert Burr

Evening Cloud, Arizona [no. 2]; from the Desert Set by George Elbert Burr

Evening Cloud, Arizona [no. 2]; from the Desert Set

George Elbert Burr

Title

Evening Cloud, Arizona [no. 2]; from the Desert Set

 
Artist

George Elbert Burr

  1859 - 1939 (biography)
Year
1921  
Technique
softground etching and aquatint 
Image Size
11 5/8 x 9 11/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower left 
Edition Size
no 21/40 
Annotations
Del et Imp. after the signature; also bears the artist's pencil monogram in the lower right margin; copyright & monogram incised into the plate in lower left 
Reference
Seeber 215; American Etchers 215; LOC 27 copyright deposit 
Paper
ivory Whatman England wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
CLMI102 
Price
SOLD
Description
Burr easily mastered printmaking techniques and created stunning effects in black and white. Luminous clouds brighten and texture the darkening sky as evening unfolds over the mountains and the valley of the Sonoran desert. Evening Cloud, Arizona (no. 2) was part of The Desert Set consisting of thirty-five etchings created over many years. Burr copyrighted the last impressions from the set in 1921.