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 1/8 in. (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 19 in. (55.9 x 48.3 cm)
Overall: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (18.1 x 25.7 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". "345" in pencil, upper right corner.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.51A
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.
