Venetian Mirror

1935

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image shows a canal in Venice, with steps leading into the water on the left. Along the right side, grand buildings line the water's edge, reflecting in the calm water. The buildings feature classical Venetian architecture with ornate facades and arched windows. The image is in soft sepia tones, resembling a detailed pencil or pen drawing. Gondolas are stationed along the canal, and in the distance, more buildings can be seen fading slightly due to atmospheric perspective, which creates depth in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown on Whatman's yellow laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.1 x 35.7 cm (6 5/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 x 46.4 cm (11 1/8 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.106.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 289, State Trial Proof

  • Series Title

    Italian Series (27)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1962

  • Arms, Dorothy Noyes, Marie Probstfield, and May Bradshaw Hayes. Descriptive Catalogue of the Work of John Taylor Arms. Unpublished ms., 1962: 293.

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. 289.

Inscriptions

below plate mark, lower right in graphite: John Taylor Arms-1935; below platemark, lower left in graphite: Trial Proof IV II Private collection "e"; lower center in graph ite: Dry proof, to show exact state of the plate / Whatman's white paper / Brown ink; lR //in graphite: st; lR //in graphite: 4

Wikidata ID

Q74886567

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