The Herbert Lowell Dillon Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ

1947

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image shows an architectural scene with a grand building featuring a tower with a clock, flanked by cylindrical battlement-topped structures. A leafless tree is nearby on the left, and there are more buildings to the right with detailed stonework. The artwork is characterized by precise brushstrokes or pencil marks in a monochromatic color palette of gray and sepia. The sky is clear, emphasizing the shapes and textures of the elements in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David F. Wright

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 24.13 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 29.21 x 37.47 cm (11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.45.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, No. 406, i/i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David F. Wright, Virginia, 2010; Gift 2010 to NGA.

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, p. 254, no. 406.

Inscriptions

in plater, lower left, monogram of John Taylor Arms with 4 and 7 in the box; in graphite, lower left: I; lower right: John Taylor Arms - 1947

Watermarks

Dard Hunter

Wikidata ID

Q76552877

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