The Piazza, Venzone
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1931
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 5 5/16 x 7 5/8 in. (13.5 x 19.3 cm)
Overall: 9 3/16 x 11 1/8 in. (23.4 x 28.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Overall: 9 3/16 x 11 1/8 in. (23.4 x 28.2 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 III". Right center lower edge of paper "CP". Many notes. Paper watermarked "F.J. Head & Co." right center top edge of paper.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.35B
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 23 of the "Italian Series". Etching #197; Plate #241.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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