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Image Not Available for Sketch - Shadows In Mexico
Sketch - Shadows In Mexico
Image Not Available for Sketch - Shadows In Mexico

Sketch - Shadows In Mexico

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
Publisher David Strang
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (10.5 x 15.6 cm)
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. (18.1 x 27.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 19 in. (55.9 x 48.3 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right below plate and dated "John Taylor Arms 1940". In pencil lower left: "Sketch, 'Shadows in Mexico' Etching (Variation in printing). Demonstration Plate No. 93 Etched at studios of N.B.C. Radio City, N.Y.C. July 26, 1940 for television demonstration of 'How to Make an Etching" First and only state Edition - 23+13+3 Printed by David Strang".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.51C
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper; one of three variations of the same scene. Etching #301; Plate #345. Demonstration Plate No. 93. Etched at studios of NBC Radio City, NYC, July 26, 1940 for television demonstraiton of "How to Make an Etching". First and only state.

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John Taylor Arms
1940
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John Taylor Arms
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1951
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John Taylor Arms
1951
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1978
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