Gates of the City
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1922
MediumEtching | Aquatint
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 8 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (20.7 x 21.8 cm)
Overall: 13 13/16 x 10 7/8 in. (35.1 x 27.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall: 13 13/16 x 10 7/8 in. (35.1 x 27.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedTitle lower left in pencil and signed "John Taylor Arms" lower right within platemark. In pencil "53.15m lower left, right of center at bottom edge: "515", "9nn" and lower right corner "12"; "128" in pencil upper right corner. Paper watermarked upper left edge: "F.J. Head & Co."
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.99
On View
Not on viewLabel TextGates of the City Etching and aquatint Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.99 With its massive Gothic-style towers, the Brooklyn Bridge has inspired generations of American artists and poets. Exhibition HistoryExhibited Gallery H, December 1958. "An Eye for Architecture: the Etchings of John Taylor Arms," Kaufman Theatre Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, November 3, 2010 - July 24, 2011.
