The Chrysler Building Under Construction
<p>Earl Horter, <em>The Chrysler Building Under Construction</em>, 1931. Pen, brush and ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 21 9/16 × 16 1/16 in. (54.8 × 40.8 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in. (52.1 × 37.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mrs. William A. Marsteller 78.17</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1931
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21 9/16 × 16 1/16 in. (54.8 × 40.8 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in. (52.1 × 37.3 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Earl Horter
Artist
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Earl Horter was an American painter, illustrator, printmaker, teacher and art collector. He was instrumental in introducing modern art to Philadelphia as both an artist and collector of Cubist and abstract art. During the 1920s, he had one of the largest collections of modern art in the United States, and he was among the most prominent etchers of his generation.
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- Earl Horter
- Year
- 1931
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21 9/16 × 16 1/16 in. (54.8 × 40.8 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in. (52.1 × 37.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1931-175288
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
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- Status
- verified