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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Enchanted Doorway/J.T. Arms Venezia '29
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Enchanted Doorway/J.T. Arms Venezia '29

Artist John Taylor Arms (American, 1887 - 1953)
CultureAmerican
Date1929
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 12 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (32.8 x 15.5 cm)
Overall: 14 13/16 x 9 1/8 in. (37.6 x 23.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)
InscribedSigned "John Taylor Arms 1930" right of center. Lower left "II". Stamped: "Collection-E John Taylor Arms". Also stamped center bottom of margin with Areus cypher. On back lower left: "Danse Centeaux". "sp" lower right corner of paper.
PortfolioEtching #185; Pl. #229. No. 15 of the Italian Series.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.121
On View
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper.

Label TextEnchanted Doorway/J.T. Arms Venezia '29, 1929 Etching Bequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms 54.51.121 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.