Rio Dei Santi Apostoli
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1930
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 8 1/8 x 6 3/16 in. (20.6 x 15.7 cm)
Overall: 13 5/16 x 10 3/16 in. (33.8 x 25.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall: 13 5/16 x 10 3/16 in. (33.8 x 25.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedIn pencil at bottom lower left is the title and "Plate etched as Frontispiece to Volume V of "American Etchers" Series." Signed in pencil right of center below platemark: "John Taylor Arms - 1930". Lower left below platemark: "Collection 'A'". Upper right corner "228"; lower right: "CP" in ink lower left upside down "314" and behind this on back right side up: "315".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.98
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on tannish laid paper. Etching #184; Plate #228. No. 14 of the "Italian Series". Etched as a frontispiece for Limited Edition of Vol. V of "American Etchers".Label TextRio Dei Santi Apostoli, 1930 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.98 In the lapping water and shifting shadows of the small canals of Venice, Arms found ample opportunity to showcase his genius at evoking light and atmosphere. Such subjects also presented him with an almost endless succession of Gothic palaces and other historic structures to celebrate in his art. 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.
