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Needles Mountains, Colorado River, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, Artist George Elbert Burr, Printer
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About the Artwork

Needles Mountains, Colorado River, Arizona

1921

George Elbert Burr (Artist) American, 1859-1939 George Elbert Burr (Printer) American, 1859-1939

Drypoint printed in green ink on wove paper

Plate: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.1 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (33.3 × 41 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund

21.82.24

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed, in plate, lower right: [artist's monogram] Signed, in pencil, lower left: ©George Elbert Burr Del- et Imp- Signed, lower right corner: (GEB [with 3 dots below the initials]

Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: No 3/40 Inscribed, lower left corner: No 211

Watermark: J WHATMAN 1917 ENGLAND HANDMADE

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

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Credit Line for Reproduction

George Elbert Burr, Needles Mountains, Colorado River, Arizona, 1921, drypoint printed in green ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 21.82.24.

Needles Mountains, Colorado River, Arizona
Needles Mountains, Colorado River, Arizona