Afterglow
Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Afterglow
193820th century
83 x 137 mm (3.3 x 5.4 in.)
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching on laid paper
State:
Second of two states
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
from English Series
Edition:
ca. 231; printed by David Strang (sp). Acc. to Fletcher, commissioned by PCQ for Vol. 26, April, 1939. There were 14 prints, one of which was signed by Arms
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “John Taylor Arms 1938”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “II” and title; inscribed in pencil, lower right: “sp” and an erased inscription
Marks:
Watermark:
J WHATMAN
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
J.T. Arms
Bibliography:
Fletcher 315 ii/ii, according to Fletcher a “Demonstration plate at Wesleyan U.”; Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970) 4; Arms 32; David Strang, “Etchings: Good and Bad,” The Print Collector’s Quarterly, vol. 26 (1939), pp. 137–159.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939
Accession Number:
1939.5.3
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.]
- Gothic (Medieval)
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 83 x 137 mm (3.3 x 5.4 in.)
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Credit Caption
John Taylor Arms, American, (1887–1953) . Afterglow, 1938. From English Series. Etching on laid paper. Second of two states. plate : 83 x 137 mm (3.3 x 5.4 in.). Sheet : 232 x 291 mm (9.1 x 11.5 in.). DAC accession number 1939.5.3. Gift of the artist (hon. MA Wesleyan 1939), 1939. (photo: M. Cook) .