The Gates of the City

1922

John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

John Taylor Arms

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in brown and blue on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift (Partial and Promised) of Judy and Leo Zickler

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.6 x 20.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 31.4 x 28.9 cm (12 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.68.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 126

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Zickler, Bethesda, 2004; Promised gift 2005 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1982

  • Fletcher, William Dolan. John Taylor Arms, A Man for All Time: The Artist and His Work. New Haven, CT: The Sign of the Arrow, 1982, no. 126.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left below plate mark: Artist's Proof; lower right: John Taylor Arms; at lower left at edge of sheet: The Gates of the City NYPL # 128; lower right: E Welch Estate

Watermarks

lower right: otgade[?]

Wikidata ID

Q76346526

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