Earl Horter was born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania and was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by Carl Zigrosser, later the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Horter was back in Philadelphia in 1917, where he would remain until his death in 1940. He worked there as an art director for the N. W. Ayer advertising firm from 1917–23. Horter was a member of the Society of Illustrators. He exhibited at the Pan American Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco, California; the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; and the Philadelphia Print Club's National Exhibition of Prints; as well as Corcoran Gallery biennials from 1935–39, in Washington, D.C. Horter is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Artists, Who Was Who in American Art and Mallett's Index of Artists. Though not a man of extraordinary means, Horter was a lover of modernist art, which he gradually purchased, creating an important collection, well ahead of its time in America, of Cubist and Precisionist works, as well as African sculpture and Native American artifacts. Horter collected include Europeans Picasso, Braque, Duchamp and Brancusi and Americans Charles Sheeler and Arthur B. Carles. He was a friend of Carles, as well as other artists and collectors such as Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Franklin Watkins; S. S. White; and Carroll Tyson. Horter turned a Philadelphia brownstone into a studio and gallery to house his collection, aided by Paul Cret, the designer of the Barnes Foundation and Rodin Museum. By 1931, Horter would begin selling his collection due to financial need brought about by the Depression. Horter was also a teacher in Philadelphia at the Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art; Graphic Sketch Club (now the Fleisher Art Memorial); and the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). In 1998, the Philadelphia Museum of Art put on an exhibition, “Mad for Modernism,” Horter and his collection, assembling once again many of the major works of art that comprised the artist's collection. In 1934, the Museum, then called the Pennsylvania Museum, had previously exhibited Horter's collection, though some of the works had already been sold. Several of Horter's prints are in the collection of Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C.
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'Woolworth Building Under Construction' — Early 20th Century Modernism
By Earl Horter
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Earl Horter, 'The Woolworth Building Under Construction', etching, c. 1912, edition not stated. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, in warm black ink, with selectively...
Etching
Earl Horter, (European Fountain)
By Earl Horter
Located in New York, NY
Signed in pencil. A European town square with fountain and tower.
Etching
Dark House Etching by Earl Horter, American Modern, Signed, 1930s
By Earl Horter
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dark House is a soft-ground etching with aquatint signed in pencil by the artist. This image is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of the Arts Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by Carl Zigrosser, later the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Horter was back in Philadelphia in 1917, where he would remain until his death in 1940. He worked there as art director for the N. W. Ayer advertising firm from 1917-1923. Horter was a member of the Society of Illustrators. He exhibited at the Pan American Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco, California; the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; and the Philadelphia Print Club's National Exhibition of Prints; as well as Corcoran Gallery biennials from 1935 to 1939, in Washington, D.C. Horter is listed in "Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Artists"; "Who Was Who in American Art"; and Mallett's "Index of Artists". Though not a man of extraordinary means, Horter was a lover of modernist art, which he gradually purchased, creating an important collection, well ahead of its time in America, of Cubist and Precisionist works, as well as African sculpture and Native American artifacts. Artists Horter collected include Europeans Picasso, Braque, Duchamp and Brancusi, and Americans Charles Sheeler and Arthur B. Carles. He was a friend of Carles, as well as other artists and collectors such as Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Franklin Watkins; S. S. White; and Carroll Tyson...
Etching
NEW YORK CITYSCAPE
By Earl Horter
Located in Portland, ME
Horter, Earl. NEW YORK CITYSCAPE. Etching, not dated. Edition size not known. Printed on heavy laid paper, and signed in pencil. 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 inche...
Etching
CHURCH IN SNOW
By Earl Horter
Located in Portland, ME
Horter, Earl (American, 1881-1940). UNTITLED (CHURCH IN SNOW). Etching and aquatint, not dated. Signed in pencil, lower right. 6 1/4 x 5 inches (plate), 11 x 8 5/8 inches (sheet). An...
Etching, Aquatint
In the Harbor
By Earl Horter
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Earl Horter was a self-taught artist who began his career working in New York City as a draftsman at an advertising agenc...
Aquatint
'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
By Gene Kloss
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Riders at Sundown', aquatint and drypoint, edition 75, 1953, Kloss 451. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Artist's Proof' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, atmospheric impression, in ...
Drypoint, Aquatint
$1,055
H 7.88 in W 15.16 in
Behind the Frog - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Behind the Frog 20 x 38,5 (Framed included in price, 42 x 59 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and...
Etching
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio
By Giuseppe Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio Etching, 1752 Signed in the plate lower left (see photo) From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Modern Rome) , (1747-1761) Volume II, The Main Squares and Obelisks, columns and other ornaments, 1752, Plate No. 21 Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna_ (1747-61), a collection of 238 plates that was published in ten volumes. Vasi recorded all types of architecture and organized these images of contemporary Rome by subject, with each volume representing a different category of architecture. This comprehensive project provides one of the most complete views of eighteenth-century Rome Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 8.25 x 12.63 inches Sheet size: 11 x 15 7/8 inches Vasi was Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s teacher. Piranesi (1720-1778) entered Vasi’s studio as an apprentice at age 20 c. 1740. Piranesi left Vasi’s employment after stabbing Vasi over the perception that Vasi was withholding secrets of the etching process. Giuseppe Vasi was an Italian engraver and painter born and trained in Sicily. He received a classical education in his hometown of Corleone and trained as a printmaker in nearby Palermo, perhaps under the tutelage of the etchers Antonino Bova and Francesco Cichè. He moved to Rome in 1736, already an established printmaker, and spent most of his career documenting the urban landscape of the city in engravings. Through his patron, the politically and culturally influential Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona, Vasi met other artists working in Rome, such as Sebastiano Conca, Ferdinando Fuga, and Luigi Vanvitelli. He was also influenced by his predecessors, including Giovanni Paolo Panini, Giovanni Battista Falda...
Etching
$1,055
H 9.26 in W 7.09 in
Waning Moon - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Waning Moon 23,5 x 18 (Framed included in price, 44,5 x 37 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and a...
Etching
$695
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Landscape with a Mountain Lake - Original etching with aquatint
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Paris, IDF
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) Landscape with a Mountain Lake Original etching with aquatint Unsigned On vellum 60.5 × 73.5 cm (c. 24 x 29 in) Authenticated with the blind stamp of C...
Etching, Aquatint
$5,000
H 14.88 in W 22.88 in
The Ponte and Castel S. Angelo (Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Ponte and Castel S. Angelo Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo Etching, 1754 Signed in the plate lower right above the caption From: Vedute di Roma A proper Roman printing w...
Etching
'Brooklyn Bridge' — Iconic New York City Landmark
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Luigi Kasimir, 'Brooklyn Bridge', color etching with aquatint, 1927, edition 100. Signed in pencil. A superb impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, cream wove paper; with margins...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,055
H 11.62 in W 9.38 in
Forest VII - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Etching
By Charles Donker
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Charles Donker Forest VII 29,5 x 23,8 (Framed included in price, 52,5 x 45 cm) Etching on paper The etchings of Charles Donker are admired and collected both in the Netherlands and ...
Etching
$1,250
H 14.75 in W 17.25 in D 0.75 in
George Elbert Burr Rocky Mountain Color Aquatint Etching, Longs Peak
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Denver, CO
An exceptional original color aquatint etching by renowned American printmaker George Elbert Burr (1859–1939), depicting the iconic peaks of Longs Peak and Mount Meeker in Colorado's...
Aquatint
$1,350
H 36 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
Headland IV - Etching by Gordon Cook on Japanese Paper
By Gordon Cook
Located in Soquel, CA
Headland IV by Gordon Cook (American, 1927-1985). 1963. Signed on verso "gordon cook/ Headland IV 1963." Detailed etching based on a natural shore scene by Gordon Cook. Printed on ...
Laid Paper, Etching
Under Greylock, Etching by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Milton, American (1930 - ) Title: Under Greylock Year: 1993 Medium: Intaglio Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 18.25 x 15 inches Size: 25 ...
Etching
$1,800
H 11.82 in W 9.88 in
'New York, Central Park' — 1930s American Modernism
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'New York, Central Park', etching, edition 40, c. 1930. Signed in pencil. Titled and numbered '14/40' on the bottom sheet edge, in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left. A superb, ...
Etching
Across the Potomac
By Earl Horter
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled in pencil Soft ground etching Annotated: “Imp” for impression printed by the artist Note: The Washington Monument in the distance Provenance: New York Corporate Art...
Etching
Lower Manhattan
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
Lower Manhattan. c. 1925. Etching and drypoint. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 5/8). A rich impression printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. ...
Etching
Old Chinatown (New York)
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
Old Chinatown (New York). 1932. Aquatint. 10 x 12 1/4 (sheet 11 5/8 x 13 1/4). A rich impression printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. Unsigned. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch arch...
Etching
Archway, with Newsstand. (France).
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
5 3/8 x 4 (sheet 8 1/4 x 5 3/8). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. Earl Horter was born in 1881 in Germantown, Pen...
Etching
Dark House (Philadelphia).
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
c. 1932. Aquatint. 10 1/4 x 11 (sheet 12 5/8 x 15 1/2). A rich impression printed with plate tone on countermarked French wove paper. Unsigned; annotated 'Dark House (Aqua)' in Horter's hand. Another impression is in the Library of Congress. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Earl Horter...
Etching, Aquatint
Ponte Fabricio, Rome.
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
Aquatint printed in colors. 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 7). A rich, tonal impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. Earl Horter was born in 1881 in Germantown, Pe...
Color, Aquatint
Mount Vernon - Rear.
By Earl Horter
Located in Plano, TX
Mount Vernon - Rear. c. 1930. Etching. 8 5/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15 5/8). Series: Historic Homes of Virginia A fine impression printed on cream wove paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. Earl Horter...
Etching
New York Waterfront
By Earl Horter
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Earl Horter was a self-taught artist who began his career working in New York City as a draftsman at an advertising agency. Horter became well known...
Etching