Cordes (Sketch)

1951

John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

Charles S. White

Printer, American, 1877 - 1955

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 76.62 × 10 cm (30 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.53 × 15.88 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1089

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 425

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; 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. 267-268, no. 425.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: [artist's monogram]; lower left in graphite: II; lower right in graphite; John Taylor Arms 1951; lower center in graphite: Sketch, Cordes - Impression from a Demonstration Plate drawn, / etched and printed in 2 3/4 hrs, in a Demonstration of "The Making of / an Etching" at The Library of Congress, Washington, DC., May 22, / 1951'' / To my dear friends Wilma and Fred Fowler / in affectionate friendship / John Taylor Arms, 1951; lower right edge in graphite: WC

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77014073

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