Whirlwinds, Dead Mountains, Mojave Desert, California
George Elbert Burr
c. 1921
Medium
drypoint in green on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.1 x 25.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 in.) sheet: 28 x 33 cm (11 x 13 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John Farr Simmons
Accession Number
1986.60.15
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Elbert Burr · 1859–1939
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...