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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Basilica Of The Madeleine, Vezelay
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.

Basilica Of The Madeleine, Vezelay

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1929
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (30.8 x 19.1 cm)
Overall: 18 13/16 x 10 3/16 in. (47.8 x 25.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left on plate: "J.T. Arms, 1929". Signed lower right below plate: "John Taylor Arms, 1929". Lower left of paper stamped in a cartouche: "Collection E, John Taylor Arms". Left corner of paper has "J.T.A." cypher. Lower left of mat "Basilica of the Madeleine, Vezeley. Paper watermarked "J. Whatman" lower left.
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.31
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 28 of the "French Churches". Etching #181; Plate #225 (plate for this is 55.28.86).

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.