Print of the Day!! Sat, August 13, 2022, is by George Elbert Burr (1859-1939): "Cloudburst," soft-ground etching, 1921, 2/40. $2,200.00.

Print of the Day!! Saturday, August 13, 2022, is by American printmaker George Elbert Burr (1859-1939).

"Cloudburst," from the artist's 'Desert Set', is an intaglio, a soft-ground etching from 1921 by American artist, George Elbert Burr (1859-1939). It is pencil signed and inscribed 'Del. et Imp.', and editioned?'No 2/40' in the lower margin. The platemark measures 97/8 x 11-3/4 inches. Cloudburst was printed?by the artist on ivory J Whatman England Hand Made watermarked wove paper. References include Seeber 213, American Etchers 213, Library of Congress 13, a copyright deposit impression, and 'Desert Set' 26/35. The gallery inventory number for this work is ClMI106

This soft-ground etching by George Elbert Burr (1859-1939) is available from the gallery for $2,200.00. Contact the gallery with any condition or other questions.

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George Elbert Burr, painter, printmaker, and illustrator, was born in Munroe Falls, Ohio on 14 April 1859 to Linus E. and Lucy Ellen Gaylord Burr, and was raised in Cameron, Missouri.

Burr moved to Denver, Colorado in 1906 for health reasons. He spent the next 18 years there creating a body of intaglio prints that focused on the desert and mountain landscapes of the southwest. His distinctive dramatic desert landscapes and nightscapes that often feature dark, atmospheric skies created by crisp drypoint lines and dense aquatinted backgrounds.

In his intaglio "Cloudburst" he moves his skills to a softer medium, soft-ground etching, using a greenish gray ink to create a misty, ethereal composition. The southwestern desert offers many splendid bluffs, canyons, and meadows, not to mention cloudscapes. Its monsoon season lasts from June through September and Burr captures a veil of dark rain as it passes, or walks, across the landscape.

This image is number 26 of 35 prints Burr did that he called the "Desert Set", put together in 1921 and the first 30 of which were sold as a set for $750.00. The final 5 impressions from the edition of 40 were sold as individual prints. The edition of 40 is the highest edition Burr did and identifies the images from the "Desert Set."

In 1906, Burr and his wife moved to Denver. A few of his color etchings were included in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition and the following year he was represented by two etchings in the First Annual Exhibition of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers at the Brooklyn Museum. In 1921 he copyrighted the last of the thirty-five etchings in the Desert Set, which was circulated in exhibitions by the American Federation of Arts. For health reasons, Burr had to leave the winter chill of Denver and purchased a home in Phoenix, Arizona in 1927.

Burr was in the unique position of self-promoting his work and in January 1930 wrote to R. P. Tolman, assistant curator at the Smithsonian Institution: "It's lots of fun to be a 'poor artist.' Nearly fifty years I've been, except for health limitations, supremely happy in my work, and am constantly surprised in the number of people that also seem to get pleasure out of my labor. It seems so odd, that without effort, I've always sold more than Mrs. Burr and I have needed for all our fourteen years of travel and other so-called luxuries.

George Elbert Burr died in Phoenix, Arizona on 17 November, 1939.

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