Ugly Devil
1925
John Taylor Arms
Artist, American, 1887 - 1953
Printer, American, 1882 - 1945
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leithauser in Honor of Frances Smyth)
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Dimensions
plate: 8.1 × 7.94 cm (3 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
sheet: 23.18 × 20.64 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.3129
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fletcher 1982, no. 148
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leithauser, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999; 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. 106-107, no. 148.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: "Ugly Devil"; lower right in plate: "Eyes"; lower right in graphite: John Taylor Arms - 1924; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Gargoyle Studies / [not deciphered]INN; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: P792 [circled] / 73-056-OWX
Watermarks
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Wikidata ID
Q77009771