Sketch - Cordes
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1951
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 6 x 3 1/8 in. (15.2 x 8 cm)
Overall: 9 3/16 x 5 1/8 in. (23.4 x 13 cm)
Overall: 9 3/16 x 5 1/8 in. (23.4 x 13 cm)
InscribedIn bottom margin: "'Sketch Cordes' - The Second State of Demonstration Plate No-152, drawn, etched and printed in 2 3/4 hrs. at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. on May 22, 1951 for the benefit of the Pennell Fund of the Library of Congress and the Ninth Annual Exhibition of Prints of the Library of Congress" "Demonstration Plate No 153". Signed and dated "John Taylor Arms 1951" lower right. Arms cypher lower left on plate. "II" lower left. Collection E stamp lower left (imp"E") lower right. Paper watermarked "FJ Head" in top margin upside down and backwards.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.143
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. Etched at Library of Congress, auspices of Pennell Fund - May 1951. Demonstration Plate #153. Etching #392; Pl. #436.
