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Battle Wagon - U.S.S. Alabama

1943

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names

John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image shows a battleship at a dock, with a low angle view emphasizing its massive size and complexity. The ship has a camouflage pattern in gray and black colors. There are crane structures nearby, adding to the industrial setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint on paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 29.8 x 45.1 cm (11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
sheet: 42.2 x 56.7 cm (16 5/8 x 22 5/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.693
Catalogue Raisonné

Fletcher 1982, no. 376

Artwork history & notes

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, p. 236, no. 376.

Inscriptions

lower left in pencil: IV; lower right in pencil: John Taylor Arms 1943.

Wikidata ID

Q76549854

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