Prickly Pear Cactus, ca. 1921

  • George Elbert Burr, American, 1859-1939
  • George Elbert Burr, American, 1859-1939

Drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 7 1/8 × 4 7/8 inches (18.1 × 12.4 cm) Sheet: 10 × 7 3/8 inches (25.4 × 18.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund

21.82.13

Signed, in pencil, lower left: © George Elbert Burr Del- et Imp-

Watermark: HANDMADE JWHAT(MAN) Copyright and monogram, lower left: © [artist's monogram]

Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: No 3/40 Inscribed, lower left corner: No 198

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

George Elbert Burr, Prickly Pear Cactus, ca. 1921, drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 21.82.13.