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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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The Enchanted Doorway (La Porta Enchantia)

1930
20th century
320 x 169 mm (12.6 x 6.7 in.)

John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)

Alternative title: The Enchanted Doorway, Venezia [and] Venezia ’29 [and] La Porta Della Carta

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on cream laid paper

State: Second of two states

Print impression quality: Excellent

Series: from Italian Series

Edition: 100, Fletcher: 121; printed by Henry E. Carling

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms—1930”; signed in plate, lower right: “J.T. Arms—Venezia ’29”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “Edition:100” and title; inscribed in pencil on verso, bottom edge: “La porta enchantia”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: J.T. Arms

Bibliography: Fletcher 227 ii/ii; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 107; Arms 229.

Credit Line: Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939

Accession Number: 1939.5.40

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This object has the following keywords:

architecture*, doorways*, Gothic (Medieval), Italy*, Venice*

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.]
doorways - Denotes openings, which contain or could contain a door, that provide access into or out of building spaces. [March 1993 descriptor moved. August 1991 scope note changed.]
Gothic (Medieval)
Italy - TGN 1000080
Venice - TGN 7018159 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 320 x 169 mm (12.6 x 6.7 in.)

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Credit Caption

John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953) . The Enchanted Doorway (La Porta Enchantia), 1930. From Italian Series. Etching on cream laid paper. Second of two states. plate : 320 x 169 mm (12.6 x 6.7 in.). Sheet : 405 x 255 mm (15.9 x 10 in.). DAC accession number 1939.5.40. Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939. (photo: M. Cook) .

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