1929
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Mirage, Arizona is a 1929 ink by George Elbert Burr, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a desert scene with tall, spiky plants in the foreground. Behind them, a flat landscape stretches out to distant mountains. The sky is faint, almost erased, and the whole image feels hazy, like heat rising off the ground. The artist used only black lines on light paper, making everything look like it’s fading. The title says it’s called *A Mirage*, which fits how blurry the scene is. Check out drypoint to see how this kind of etching works.
George Elbert Burr (April 14, 1859 – November 17, 1939 ) was an American printmaker and painter best known for his etchings and drypoints of the desert and mountain regions of the American West.
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