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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
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TUCSON ARIZONA |
Artist: 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). Excellent condition. Adequate margins. Printed on buff wove paper. In the late 1920s and 1930s, 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. A majority of the barrio was destroyed in the late 1960s to make way for a convention area. Her illustrations remain. $250.00 |
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"Desert Vista"
1929, Watercolor.
Edition: Unique. Signed and dated, Eva Dean 29, lower left front, and dated again on reverse, Oct. 29; titled, Desert Vista, on reverse. Dimensions of paper: 13 x 18 1/8 inches (329 x 460 mm). Not framed. Excellent condition. Painted full sheet on heavy watercolor paper. Framers pencil notations on back of paper, along with the artists title and date. $800.00 |
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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
P.O. Box 32374
Tucson, AZ 85751
Phone: 520.881.2528
Open by appointment only
Specializing in fine
prints and art on paper by graphic artists and printmakers Copyright © 2003-2011
of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico,
created before 1950.
Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art. All Rights Reserved.