Dan Burne Jones Figural Carbon Crayon Drawing of Standing Woman
Item Details
Dan Burne Jones (American, 1908 – 1995)
Untitled (figure)
Carbon crayon drawing on cardstock
Signed to lower right
Inscribed to cover sheet
American artist Daniel Burne Jones was born in 1908. He spent his adult life living in Chicago with his wife Lucille Jacquie Jones and their son. Burne Jones was a close friend of many artists including Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward. Kent appointed Burne Jones as his bibliographer, and following his passing Burne Jones published The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonné, the first of its kind in 1975. Alongside collecting other artists’ prints, Burne Jones produced his own such as lithographs and wood engravings. He also published books including The Least of These: Mickey, Beloved Itinerant and an Eerie Incident- a True Tale of Innocence.
Condition
- toning; smudges to drawing, most notably at margins; abrasions to sheet, with loss to pigment of drawing, across lower edge; marks, smudges and stains to cover sheet and to verso; minor edge wear.
Dimensions
- measures sheet.
Item #
ITMGJ10239