New Moon and Evening Star
c. 1932
Medium
etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black
Dimensions
plate: 24.9 × 19.9 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 33.8 × 27.8 cm (13 5/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1124
About the Artist
George Elbert Burr
George Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and watercolorist whose career spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, earning him a reputation as one of the foremost etchers of the American West. Born in 1859 in Monroe Falls, Ohio, Burr trained as a commercial illustrator before turning his full attention to fine art. He honed his craft through diligent self-study and close obser...