The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.

Prints and drawings 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 in at least very good condition.

"Little Candy Shop." Philadelphia? 8 1/2 x 6 7/8. ca. 1915. Etching. Signed & titled in pencil and inscribed "To H.H. from E. Horter." Very good condition. $325
"Old Barkentine." 9 3/4 x 7 1/4. ca. 1920. Etching. Signed in pencil. Very good condition. $250
"Apple Seller." 6 1/4 x 4 1/2. Etching. Signed in pencil, "E Horter." Very good condition. $400
"Junk Shop." 10 1/8 x 12 3/4. 1932. Aquatint. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Faint mat burn; else, very good condition. $575
"Ludlow Paradise House, Williamsburg." 9 7/8 x 9 1/8. Etching. Signed in pencil "E. Horter." Mat burn in margins with old glue stains. All not affecting image. $325
[portrait of Sam White]. 12 x 8 7/8. Etching Signed in pencil "E. Horter." $175

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The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.

Prints and drawings by Earl Horter(1881-1940)

Prints and drawings by Earl Horter
(1881-1940)