White, Theo Ballou "City Hall" [Philadelphia]

Theo Ballou White. "City Hall." [Philadelphia]. 

Lithograph signed in pencil and initialed on the stone.  On wove Zonen paper.  Full sheet with deckle edge.  14 ½ x 8 7/8.  Ed:21.  Very good condition. 

Theo Ballou White (1902-1978) was a Philadelphia architect and printmaker who worked with lithography in the 1930s and 1940s, using the old stone method.  White was prominent among those artists who participated in the growth of the new Philadelphia Museum of Art and the famous Print Club.  He was an outstanding architect and was invested as a fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 1966.  This print shows the artist-architect at his best in depicting one of the architectural icons of his home city.

Also by Theo White:

Waterfall & Pool, Reed's Creek, WV

Willow Tree Roaring Creek, WV

Valentine House (drawing)

The Valentine House

Negro Balconies (drawing)

Negro Balconies (lithograph)

Portico Row

Reed's Creek, WV

Dead Chestnut

Bruton Church, Williamsburg

The Old Court House, WIllilamsburg

Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg

George Wythe's house, WIlliamsburg

The Governor's Palace

[House with Dead Tree]

[Little Chapel in the Woods VA]

St. John's, Hampton

St. Paul's, Norfolk

The Tower at Jamestown

Blandford Church, Petersburg

St. Luke's or Old Brick Church, Isle of Wight

Bruton Church, WIlliamsburg (churches series)

St. John's, Richmond

Ellen Glasgow's House

Jefferson Davis House

St. Peter's

John Marshall's House

St. John's Church (Richmond)

Jefferson's Capitol

Poe Shrine

[A magnolia tree, a wall and a gate]

[A magnolia tree, a wall and a gate] Title page

Four Hills [Appalachia]

Mountain Village

Rocks of Seneca

Willow Tree, Roaring Creek

Water Tank Hill, Boulder Dam

Delaware Avenue

Independence Hall

St Mark's in Locust Street

Museum

Sweetbriar

Woodford

Mount Pleasant

Strawberry Mansion

Belmont

Cedar Grove