1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dawn in the Land of the Buttes is a 1920 ink by George Elbert Burr, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a flat, empty desert under a pale sky. Tall, jagged rock formations rise in the distance, drawn with tight, repeating lines. Scattered shrubs dot the ground, and the whole scene looks quiet and still. The artist used a method called etching to create these sharp, textured marks. The lines pack together so tightly that the rocks look almost three-dimensional. Look up etching to see how artists like this make prints with acid and metal plates.
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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