Author: Lark-Horovitz, Betty (1894-1995)
Title: View of the Niagara River. First Edition of the Woodcut
Description: New York and Ontario: Circa 1929. Original woodcut. One of 12 signed and numbered impressions. 9.5 x 12.5 inches sheet size. The Niagara River is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the river's name. Reproduced in "With Graver and Woodblock over American Highways, " New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Ref. Edan Milton Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940," Third Edition, p. 547 Exhibited: Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 27-February 22, 1970)... Betty Lark-Horovitz (1894-1995) was an accomplished graphic artist. She was commissioned to do etchings of several buildings at Purdue University in 1930. There were only 100 sets, each numbered and signed by the artist. That same year her engraved views of American cities and views With graver and woodblock over American Highways, was published. ( New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930.) She was a master of both architectural views as well as views of flora. Betty was the wife of Dr. Karl Lark-Horovitz who was the head of the Department of Physics at Purdue from 1929 to the 1950s. After his death in 1958, she moved to Berkeley, CA. These wood-engravings depict the flora in the Berkeley Hills... Provenance: From the estate of the artist. .
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Title: View of the Niagara River. First Edition of the Woodcut
Description: New York and Ontario: Circa 1929. Original woodcut. One of 12 signed and numbered impressions. 9.5 x 12.5 inches sheet size. The Niagara River is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the river's name. Reproduced in "With Graver and Woodblock over American Highways, " New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Ref. Edan Milton Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940," Third Edition, p. 547 Exhibited: Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 27-February 22, 1970)... Betty Lark-Horovitz (1894-1995) was an accomplished graphic artist. She was commissioned to do etchings of several buildings at Purdue University in 1930. There were only 100 sets, each numbered and signed by the artist. That same year her engraved views of American cities and views With graver and woodblock over American Highways, was published. ( New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930.) She was a master of both architectural views as well as views of flora. Betty was the wife of Dr. Karl Lark-Horovitz who was the head of the Department of Physics at Purdue from 1929 to the 1950s. After his death in 1958, she moved to Berkeley, CA. These wood-engravings depict the flora in the Berkeley Hills... Provenance: From the estate of the artist. .
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Price: US$ 250.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 16-3870
- Book number: 16-3870
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