Bookplate for Purdue University Library. The Charles H. Viol Memorial Library of Chemistry. Original Etching.
West Lafayette Indiana: Circa 1930. Etching, 12 x 9 cm. .....Betty Lark-Horovitz (1894-1995) was an artist of international renown. She was commissioned to do etchings of several buildings at Purdue University in 1930. These buildings were Ladies Hall, The Old Dormitory, The Pharmacy Building, University Hall and the Mechanical Engineering Building. The etchings, one of which was in color, were issued in a limited edition. There were only 100 sets, each numbered and signed by the artist. Mr. W. H. Winterrowd, M. E., 1907 conceived of the idea of having the etchings done, and he underwrote the cost, and presented the entire 100 sets to Purdue University. The sets were to be sold and the entire income from their sale was to go to the University. They were sold at $100 per set. 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....
Ref. Edan Milton Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940," Third Edition, p. 547...
Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Item #16-4410
Price: $35.00