Gothic Glory, Sens Cathedral
1929
John Taylor Arms
Artist, American, 1887 - 1953
Printer, American, 1882 - 1945
Printer, American, 1859 - 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on gray laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 38.26 × 23.02 cm (15 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 45.72 × 30.48 cm (18 × 12 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.2499
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fletcher 1982, no. 218, ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Virginia Livingston Hunt, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
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, pp. 146-147, no. 218, ii/ii.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: North Portal, Sens; lower right in plate: John Taylor Arms 1929; lower left in black ink: Second State; lower left in graphite: To my friend Frenk G. Kenney - / John Taylor Arms - 1929.; lower center in black ink: John Taylor Arms - 1929.; lower left in black ink by unknown hand: [not deciphered]
Markings
stamped lower right in black ink: A TIMBRER A L'EXTRAORD. / [coat of arms with three fleur-de-lis and framed by branches] / HTE GARONNE; stamped lower center in black ink: 50 C. EN SUS / [a crown and fleur-de-lis design with flourishes] / LOI DE 1816.; stamped lower left in black ink: TIMBRER ROYAL / [a draped male figure standing next to a column with a fleur-de-lis, holding an open scroll] 750.
Watermarks
9 [or 6]
Wikidata ID
Q77008896