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Entrance to Chinese Temple. Kong Chow. S.F. Calif. by Elbridge Ayer Burbank

Entrance to Chinese Temple. Kong Chow. S.F. Calif. by Elbridge Ayer Burbank

Entrance to Chinese Temple. Kong Chow. S.F. Calif.

Elbridge Ayer Burbank

Title

Entrance to Chinese Temple. Kong Chow. S.F. Calif.

 
Artist

Elbridge Ayer Burbank

  1858 - 1949 (biography)
Year
1934  
Technique
graphite drawing 
Image Size
8 1/8 x 7 5/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
dated under signature; titled in India ink, verso 
Reference
 
Paper
heavy antique-white, wove 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
PMJ163 
Price
SOLD
Description
Burbank was troubled with manic depression most of his adult life. In 1917, he moved to San Francisco and was an outpatient at Napa State Hospital until 1934. Burbank continued to provide illustrations to the San Francisco Chronicle, and sent sketches and prints to famous personalities. His richly illustrated autobiography, Burbank Among the Indian as told to Ernest Royce was published in 1944. He was killed in a cable car accident in 1949.