The Old Order

1948

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image depicts a village scene in an etching style. The composition shows a cluster of buildings with a square tower, likely a church, amidst smaller houses. A stone bridge spans over a stream or road in the foreground, leading towards the buildings. The artwork features detailed textures and shading in the architecture and trees. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of sepia to create contrast. The landscape includes hills and sparse trees in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.34 x 20 cm (5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.84 x 27.46 cm (7 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 412

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1962

  • Arms, Dorothy Noyes, Marie Probstfield, and May Bradshaw Hayes. Descriptive Catalogue of the Work of John Taylor Arms. Unpublished ms., 1962: 423 ii.

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. 412.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below plate mark, lower left: II, lower right: John Taylor Arms 1943 - , in lower right corner of sheet: 5E

Wikidata ID

Q65079916

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