Author: Lark-Horovitz, Betty (1894-1995)
Title: View of the Inner Court of the Washington Mansion, Mount Vernon. First Edition of the Woodcut
Description: Mount Vernon, Virginia : Circa 1929. Original woodcut. One of 12 signed and numbered impressions. 9.5 x 12.5 inches sheet size. The building began as a one and one-half story house built in 1734 by George Washington's father, Augustine Washington, and received its well-known name from his half-brother Lawrence Washington. George Washington began running Mount Vernon in 1754, and over the next 45 years slowly enlarged the dwelling to create the 21-room residence we see today. Washington oversaw each renovation, advising on design, construction, and decoration, despite being away much of the time. Conscious that the world was watching, Washington selected architectural features that expressed his growing status as a Virginia gentleman and ultimately as the leader of a new nation. 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 Inner Court of the Washington Mansion, Mount Vernon. First Edition of the Woodcut
Description: Mount Vernon, Virginia : Circa 1929. Original woodcut. One of 12 signed and numbered impressions. 9.5 x 12.5 inches sheet size. The building began as a one and one-half story house built in 1734 by George Washington's father, Augustine Washington, and received its well-known name from his half-brother Lawrence Washington. George Washington began running Mount Vernon in 1754, and over the next 45 years slowly enlarged the dwelling to create the 21-room residence we see today. Washington oversaw each renovation, advising on design, construction, and decoration, despite being away much of the time. Conscious that the world was watching, Washington selected architectural features that expressed his growing status as a Virginia gentleman and ultimately as the leader of a new nation. 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$ 175.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 16-3871
- Book number: 16-3871
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