Sentinels - No. 9 Of The Gargoyle Series
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1922
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 3 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (8.9 x 10.5 cm)
Overall: 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (8 x 15 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Overall: 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (8 x 15 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
InscribedLower left below plate: "Artist's proof" and lower right: "John Taylor Arms" in pencil. "Sentinels" in pencil lower left on mat. Lower right inside mat: "1500".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.11
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on heavy paper. Etching #88; Plate #125.Label TextSentinels, 1922 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.11 In this imaginative scene, an old man in medieval dress gazes down from the parapet of a Gothic cathedral. He is joined by other sentinels, or watchers, in stone: the fancifully carved gargoyles peering at the scene below. 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.
