"Windswept Spruce" by George Elbert Burr, Amer., (1859-1939) Linocut achieved fame early and is

achieved fame early and is known today known primarily for his maritime subjects

on thin cream wove paper

This bleak Paris scene

There is a horizontal crease across subject at center

a charming image

"Windswept Spruce" by George Elbert Burr, Amer., (1859-1939) Linocut achieved fame early and isEtching, ca. 1910, S. 131, ed. probably 100, 6 13 16 x 5 3 8, signed & titled in pencil, on white wove paper. One of Burr's signature studies of the rugged southwestern mountaintop terrain, detailing the splendid vistas and magestic profiles of these stoic trees sculpted by the winds. The artist's choice of brown ink imparts a late afternoon glow to this scene.