Eva Dean (1871-1954)
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"Desert Friends" circa 1930, Etching. Edition: Not stated, but probably less than 50. Signed in pencil, lower right, Eva Dean; titled, Desert Friends, at top of sheet on reverse.
Image: 3 15/16 x 2 15/16 inches (100 x 75 mm). Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (146 x 95 mm).
Inventory ID: 1178
Image: 3 15/16 x 2 15/16 inches (100 x 75 mm). Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (146 x 95 mm).
Inventory ID: 1178
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COMMENTS:
Very good condition. Adequate margins. Printed on buff wove paper. Indistinctly titled in pencil on the reverse "Desert Friends." Watermarked vertically along the right margin "FRANCE" (should be visible in the image above). The title refers to the way that young saguaros grow, generally protected by a "mother tree" as seen here. In the late 1920's and 1930's, Eva Ellen Dean spent time in Arizona exploring Tucson and the surrounding desert region. Among some of her best work were watercolors done of the old, now mostly gone, Tucson barrio district, circa 1930. (The watercolors on on file at the University of Arizona Museum of Art.) A majority of the barrio was destroyed during the mid to late 1960's to make way for the Tucson Convention Center. Her illustrations remain.
Very good condition. Adequate margins. Printed on buff wove paper. Indistinctly titled in pencil on the reverse "Desert Friends." Watermarked vertically along the right margin "FRANCE" (should be visible in the image above). The title refers to the way that young saguaros grow, generally protected by a "mother tree" as seen here. In the late 1920's and 1930's, Eva Ellen Dean spent time in Arizona exploring Tucson and the surrounding desert region. Among some of her best work were watercolors done of the old, now mostly gone, Tucson barrio district, circa 1930. (The watercolors on on file at the University of Arizona Museum of Art.) A majority of the barrio was destroyed during the mid to late 1960's to make way for the Tucson Convention Center. Her illustrations remain.
