George Elbert Burr (1859-1939). Camelback Mountain – Phoenix, Arizona, ca. 1926. Etching on cream wove Whatman with watermark. Image size: 7 x 9 7/8 in. Sheet size: 10 1/8 x 13 ¼ in. Signed and titled in pencil lower margin. Monogram and © within image l/l. Catalogue Raisonné no. 255. A well-inked impression on exquisite paper. Excellent condition.
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Offered here is an outstanding Arizona landscape with a mountain skyline, rolling clouds casting shadows through the center of the image, one prominent saguaro with four arms, and others scattered among a variety of cactus and shrubs.
During his long career Burr produced a giant body of work in all media but his etchings, numbering some 25,000, all pulled from his own presses, were his crowning achievement.
George Elbert Burr was born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was primarily self-taught having briefly studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is known for producing etchings for various magazine illustrations throughout the early 20th century. Burr’s work is found in a number of prestigious institutions including the Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Refs: Seeber, George Elbert Burr 1859-1939, p.133. no. 255
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