$175
Princeton University: Henry Hall
ORR, Louis
Etching on Rives wove paper.Edition of 332.From a portfolio of prints titled Princeton University, which contained seven etchings.Signed in pencil.
Louis ORR
Louis Orr (1876–1966) was one of the foremost American architectural etchers of the early 20th century. During World War I, Orr served as an official artist for the French Army, sketching bomb-damaged sites like Reims Cathedral—etchings that earned him the French Legion of Honor and a rare place in the Louvre’s permanent collection during his lifetime.
Back in the United States, he created finely detailed renderings of historic buildings, university campuses, and monumental cityscapes. Orr produced commissioned portfolios for Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Wellesley, as well as an ambitious series depicting iconic architecture across North Carolina. Examples of his work are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and numerous university collections.