# New Moon and Evening Star, in Early modernism

George Elbert Burr made this in about 1932, aged 73. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A saguaro cactus stands silhouetted at the left of a darkening desert, while a crescent moon and a bright evening star shine through a break in soft grey clouds above rocky mountains.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1932
- Medium: etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black
- Dimensions: plate: 24.9 × 19.9 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 33.8 × 27.8 cm (13 5/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008.115.1124
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[George Elbert Burr](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-elbert-burr), American, 1859–1939

Burr worked as an illustrator in New York before spending several years travelling and sketching in Europe around 1900.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by George Elbert Burr](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/george-elbert-burr?hang=750) (3 works)
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## Get it

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