The Piazza, Venzone
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1931
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (13.5 x 19.1 cm)
Overall: 8 1/8 x 11 11/16 in. (20.7 x 29.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Overall: 8 1/8 x 11 11/16 in. (20.7 x 29.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
InscribedSigned right center below plate: "John Taylor Arms - 1931". Left below plate "Trial proof IV". Right center lower edge of paper: "CT". Many notes. Paper partially watermarked across bottom edge of paper.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.35C
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 23 of the "Italian Series". Etching #197; Plate #241. Pin holes at center top of paper.Label TextThe Piazza, Venzone, 1931 Etchings Bequests of Dorothy Noyes Arms 55.28.35b-c Arms was a technical perfectionist who proclaimed a print "finished" only after working his way through a series of proofs-many of them, as here, covered with comments for his printers. 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.
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