Saint Catherine's Belfry, Honfleur
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1932
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 13 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (33.3 x 18 cm)
Overall: 17 13/16 x 11 13/16 in. (45.2 x 30 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Overall: 17 13/16 x 11 13/16 in. (45.2 x 30 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
InscribedTitle in pencil lower left margin. Signed and dated in pencil center below platemark: "John Taylor Arms - 1932". Lower left below plate in pencil: "John Taylor Arms - 1932". Lower left below plate in pencil: "Private Collection 'a' II". In ink upside down lower left corner: "17". Upper right corner: "250". Paper watermarked through clock in tower with script "GA".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.96
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. Etching #206; Plate #250. No. 34 of the "French Series".Label TextSaint Catherine's Belfry, Honfleur, 1926 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.96 The fifteenth-century church of Saint Catherine is located in the town of Honfleur on the Normandy coast. Built by shipwrights, it is the largest wooden church in France. Exhibition History"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.
