From Knoedler's Window MCMXXXV

1935

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

This image depicts a cityscape with various skyscrapers and buildings as seen from an elevated vantage point. The buildings display different architectural styles, ranging from simple to ornate designs. The artwork features precise textures emphasizing the intricate details of the buildings and rooftops. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of brown and beige. The composition includes rooftops and details of closer buildings in the foreground, with taller skyscrapers in the distance. The text "From Knoedler's Window MCMXXXV" is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.18 x 12.7 cm (5 3/16 x 5 in.)
    sheet: 29.37 x 23.18 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1435

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 293

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 Unpublished ms., 1962: 297 iv/v.

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. 293.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below plate mark, lower left: IV, lower right: John Taylor Arms 1936, in lower left corner of sheet: 85. [in another hand]

Wikidata ID

Q64959657

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