Desert Night, 1921

  • George Elbert Burr, American, 1859-1939
  • George Elbert Burr, American, 1859-1939

Aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 inches (34.3 × 25.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund

21.82.3

Signed, in pencil, lower left: (copyright mark) George Elbert Burr Del. et Imp.

Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: No. 3/40 Inscribed, lower left corner: No 87

1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

George Elbert Burr, Desert Night, 1921, aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 21.82.3.