Finchingfield, England

1936

John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.2 x 44.13 cm (7 3/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.53 x 47.63 cm (11 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1445


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

Bibliography

1982

  • Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, p.100, fig. 29b.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: John Taylor Arms 1936; lower left: Finchingfield - "The most beautiful village in Essex" The bridge is brick with stone coping and stone arch. The retaining / wall at other side of stream is brick with stone coping. Two buildings at extreme left by bridge are brick. Cast shadows / Yet texture everywhere. Stone strip at base of bridge, by water. Chickens in foreground? April 8, 1936.

Markings

BS: Thistle w/ words: [STRATH]MORE / TRADEMARK / DRAWING BOARD

Wikidata ID

Q64584365


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