Ashwell, Herts
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 5 1/8 x 4 in. (13.1 x 10.2 cm)
Overall: 8 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (20.8 x 19.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/8 x 19 in. (56.1 x 48.3 cm)
Overall: 8 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (20.8 x 19.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/8 x 19 in. (56.1 x 48.3 cm)
InscribedLower right on plate: "Ashwell - Demonstration". In pencil below plate lower left "Trial Proof II Private Collection 'e'" and lower right "John Taylor Arms - 1940". At bottom of paper in pencil: "This impression was one of two pulled by Ernest D. Rauh, demonstrating printing, on the evening of the demonstration". "Sketch, Ashwell, Hertfordshire", "Demonstration Plate No. 85"; "Demonstration Plate etched at Grand Central Galleries N.Y.C. at a group demonstration by members of the S.A.E. on the occasion of the opening of "One Hundred Selected Prints, 1940" on Tuesday evening, Jan 9th, 1940".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.48
Not on view
DescriptionEtching made to demonstrate printing. Demonstration Plate etched at Grand Central Galleries, NYC, at a group demonstration by members of the S.A.E. on the occasion of the opening of "One Hundred Selected Prints, 1940" on Tuesday evening, Jan. 9th, 1940.
