Notre Dame De Leon
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1929
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 14 5/16 x 9 1/8 in. (36.3 x 23.1 cm)
Overall: 18 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (47.2 x 30.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 19 in. (55.9 x 48.3 cm)
Overall: 18 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (47.2 x 30.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 19 in. (55.9 x 48.3 cm)
InscribedLower left in margin: "III Private Collection e". Signed lower right in margin: "John Taylor Arms 1929". Title of plate lower left, signed on plate: "Arms, 1929" lower right. Lower left corner of paper: "221 - 177", "Notre Dame de Leon Number 26 of the 'French Churches' SP 1937-38". Watermarked "F.J. Head & Co" lower right edge of margin.
PortfolioNo. 26 of the "French Churches". Etching #177; Pl. #221.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.118
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on green white laid paper. Depits Notre Dame in Leon, viewed from a rocky hillside.Label TextNotre Dame De Laon, 1929 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 54.51.118 In the text of Churches of France, Dorothy Noyes Arms praised the dramatic setting of this Gothic masterpiece: So close was the cathedral built to the edge of the eminence on which it stands, that its foundations must strike down almost parallel to the mounting side of the hill, while, seen from below, one feels the continuity of that rising line which nature began and which man completed so harmoniously in the soaring mass of the church. Exhibition History"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.
