Valley of the Savery, Wyoming

1934

John Taylor Arms

Associated Names
John Taylor Arms

Artist, American, 1887 - 1953

The image shows a panoramic view of a landscape with rolling hills, rugged cliffs, distant mountains, and a dense forest. The brushstrokes depict natural textures and undulations in shades of gray. The composition leads the eye from the foreground hills to the mountains in the background, with detailed linework capturing the forest in the valleys.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown black on yellow laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 x 36 cm (7 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.1 x 46.3 cm (11 7/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fletcher 1982, no. 276

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1975

  • Bassham, Ben L. John Taylor Arms American Etcher. Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison: 1975.

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. 276.

Inscriptions

below plate mark, lower right in graphite: John Taylor Arms-1934.; below plate mark: lower left in graphite: Trial proof XXXIIIiii; lower left in plate: VALLEY OF THE SAVERY; lR/ /in graphite: St III (David Strang); by later hand, lRv//in graphite: 280

Wikidata ID

Q74891667

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