The Bird Man

1919

John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint and etching in dark blue on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of T. A. Cox

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.05 x 12.54 cm (7 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.75 x 24.45 cm (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.68.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 025, iii/iii

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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. 25.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left, below plate mark: 32/50; lower right: John Taylor Arms - 1919. / Printed by Frederick Reynolds. / lower left, at bottom of sheet: The Birdman. [in another hand] 12 x 15 [indistinct], lower right: No. 1

Wikidata ID

Q76558831

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