Leon

1923

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image shows a narrow, rustic alley with a dirt path in the center. Two chickens and a duck are pecking around. On the left, there is an old building with a figure leaning against a low wall. On the right, another aged building can be seen. In the background, there is a Gothic cathedral with spires and intricate architecture. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of grey and sepia. The brushstrokes are fine and detailed, depicting the texture of the buildings and cathedral.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 x 29.21 cm (7 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.35 x 40.64 cm (10 3/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1440

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 140

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 Unpublished ms., 1962: 142.

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. 140.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below plate mark, lower right: John Taylor Arms - 1923; lower left of sheet [in another hand] Leon, in brown ink, upper right of sheet: 226; on verso upper left in brown ink: 22[1]

Wikidata ID

Q64959671

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