The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.

Prints by Earl Horter
(1881-1940)

Illustrator and etcher, Earl Horter worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators in 1910, exhibited at Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, the Art Institute of Chicago in 1932, and in 1932 and 1938 won prizes at exhibitions of prints at the Philadelphia Print Club. He specialized in American landscape prints, both urban and historical. In 1999 the Philadelphia Museum of Art had a major exhibition on Horter's life and works. The accompanying catalog, Mad for Modernism. Earl Horter and His Collection by Innis Howe Shoemaker (Philadelphia, 1999) explains and illustrates Horter's influence as artist, teacher, writer and companion for so many in his times.

All prints in at least very good condition.

[Lower East Side, NY] ca. 1924. 5 7/8 x 9. Etching. Signed in pencil. $250
"New York from the East River." Ca. 1930. 10 3/4 x 9. Etching. Signed in pencil. $600
"Under Manhattan Bridge." 9 1/4 x 7 3/8. Etching. Signed in pencil by Elizabeth Lentz Horter, "by Earle Horter." Light mat burn; else, very good condition. $450
[Girard College: Founders Hall] Ca. 1925. 11 x 13 7/8. Etching. Signed in pencil. $450
"Drexel and Company Building; corner of 15th and Walnut Streets." ca. 1927. 7 7/8 x 5 1/8. Etching. Signed in pencil. $275
"Junk Shop. St, Phila." 7 1/4 x 11 1/4. Etching. Signed in pencil by Elizabeth Lentz Horter, "By E. Horter per ELH." Faint mat burn ;else, very good condition. $425
[Spanish courtyard]. Ca. 1924. 5 1/2 x 4 3/4. Etching. Estate signed. Large margins. $200
"Sand Schooner." Ca. 1924. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2. Etching. Signed in pencil. Some abrasion to plate, primarily around plate mark; professionally conserved and lined with rice paper. $600
"Apple Seller." 6 1/4 x 4 1/2. Etching. Signed in pencil, "E Horter." Very good condition. $400
[Portrait, old woman]. 4 1/8 x 3 7/8. Pencil drawing. Signed in pencil by Elizabeth Lentz Horter, "by E. Horter per ELH." $275
"Farm in Winter." 8 1/8 x 11. Aquatint. Signed in pencil, "E. Horter." $600
[Bookstore]. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8. Aquatint. Signed in pencil. $250
"Junk Shop." 10 1/8 x 12 7/8. Aquatint. Signed in pencil, "E Horter, imp., A.S.E." $475
"Olde Curiosity Shop." 8 1/8 x 13 3/8. Etching. Signed in pencil by Elizabeth Lentz Horter, "By E. Horter." $500

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The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.

Prints by Earl Horter(1881-1940)

Prints by Earl Horter
(1881-1940)