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In Memoriam,
1939
John Taylor Arms, 1887–1953; born Washington, D.C.; died Fairfield, CT
Printed by David Strang, born 1887, Dumbarton, Scotland
Printed by David Strang, born 1887, Dumbarton, Scotland
x1957-93
Arms produced over four hundred etchings, mostly of medieval architectural subjects, throughout his career. The artist first spent hours meticulously drawing his subjects on-site, before transferring the outlines of his designs to prepared copper plates in the workshop. Then, working under magnification and referring to photographs, he painstakingly incised the precise details of his compositions into the copper with sewing needles. A large plate such as In Memoriam could take Arms more than two thousand hours to complete.
Information
Title
In Memoriam
Dates
1939
Maker
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 37.4 x 30 cm. (14 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
sheet: 48.3 x 38 cm. (19 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Taylor Arms, Class of 1909, and the Class of 1909
Object Number
x1957-93
Place Depicted
Europe, France, Eure-et- Loir, Chartres
Signatures
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right below plate: John Taylor Arms-1939
Inscription
In graphite, lower left below plate: ii
In graphite, lower right: sp [David Strang]
In graphite, lower left: 322
In graphite, lower center: In Memoriam / The north porch of Chartres Cathedral / Impression selected by the artist for the permanent collections / of Princeton University
Reference Numbers
Fletcher 317
Culture
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- "[Review: John Taylor Arms]", Art digest 13 (Jun., 1939): 51., p. 51, illustrated
- Print Collector's Quarterly 26, no. 4 (October 1939): 368., p. 368, illustrated
- Carl Zigrosser, The Artist in America: Twenty-four Close-ups of Contemporary Printmakers (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1942)., p. 28, illustrated
- "Selected Examples from Thirty Years of Etching" (New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1945)., p. 18, illustrated
- Frances Follin Jones, "Recent aquisitions of Ancient Art", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 17, no. 1 (1958): p. 41–43., p. 42 [as Schooners in Moonlight]
