Gargoyle Studies
Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Gargoyle Studies
192420th century
80 x 79 mm (3.1 x 3.1 in.)
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)
Alternative title:
Ugly Devil [and] Ugly Devil Eyes
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching on laid paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
from Gargoyle Series (also in Miniature Series)
Edition:
From edition of 100, printed by Frederick Reynolds. Number 12 from the Gargoyle Series, number 10 from the Miniature Series.
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms—1924”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: title; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Ugly Devil”; inscribed in plate, lower right: “Eyes”
Marks:
Watermark:
Hand Made
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
J.T. Arms
Bibliography:
Fletcher 148; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 131; Arms 150.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939
Accession Number:
1939.5.51
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- France - TGN 1000070
- gargoyles - Waterspouts carved into grotesque figures and projecting from the roof gutters of buildings. [November 1993 descriptor moved. March 1993 descriptor moved. March 1991 scope note changed.]
- Gothic (Medieval)
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 80 x 79 mm (3.1 x 3.1 in.)
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Credit Caption
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953) . Gargoyle Studies, 1924. From Gargoyle Series (also in Miniature Series). Etching on laid paper. plate : 80 x 79 mm (3.1 x 3.1 in.). Sheet : 228 x 190 mm (9 x 7.5 in.). DAC accession number 1939.5.51. Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939. (photo: M. Cook) .