Crystal and Jade

1936-1940

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

A large glass goblet and a decorative urn sit prominently in the foreground. The color palette is composed of grayscale tones. The goblet is to the left and slightly more forward, while the urn is to the right. A strand of rounded beads lies between them on a textured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of T. A. Cox

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.05 x 16.83 cm (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.53 x 20.96 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.68.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 301

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA in 2011 by T.A. Cox, Seal Harbor, Maine.

Associated Names

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. 301, vi/vi.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below plate mark, lower left: VI; lower right: John Taylor Arms - 1940

Wikidata ID

Q76558826

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