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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Chrysler Building
193720th century
252 x 203 mm (9.9 x 8 in.)
Earl Horter, American, (1881–1940)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Aquatint and etching on wove paper
Print impression quality:
Very good
Edition:
Edition size unknown, but “fewer than 10” according to Hirschl & Adler catalogue (November 1995), cat. 32; the print was Walter Chrysler’s Christmas card to George W. Davison in 1937 (see Christmas card folder in same box)
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “E Horter”
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Accession Number:
1947.D1.73
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- skyscrapers - Use for exceptionally tall buildings of skeletal frame construction.
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 252 x 203 mm (9.9 x 8 in.)
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Credit Caption
Earl Horter, American, (1881–1940) . Chrysler Building, 1937. Aquatint and etching on wove paper. plate : 252 x 203 mm (9.9 x 8 in.). Sheet : 367 x 285 mm (14.4 x 11.2 in.). DAC accession number 1947.D1.73. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947. (photo: M. Cook) .