Golden Light, Evening

A soft graphite drawing of a pale evening sky with wispy horizontal clouds fading into a flat, luminous sea below a low horizon. Handwritten inscriptions in the lower corners read "Venice June 14 1900" and "Golden Light, evening," and the shading is delicate and tonal.

Artist

George Elbert Burr

Date

1900

Medium

pencil on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2632 × 1733 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum