About the Artwork
Desert Night
1921
George Elbert Burr (Artist) American, 1859-1939 George Elbert Burr (Printer) 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)
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Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund
21.82.3
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
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
Provenance
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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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.
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