The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Gates of the City

1922

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)

America, 20th century

Etching and aquatint

Sheet: 31.2 x 29 cm (12 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.); Image: 21.5 x 20.3 cm (8 7/16 x 8 in.); Platemark: 22.6 x 21.4 cm (8 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund 1996.8

Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins

Catalogue raisonné: Fletcher, 126

Edition: 25 (another 75 printed in color)

Location

not on view

Description

This print celebrates the Brooklyn Bridge as a wonder of modern engineering. This view emphasizes the Gothic character of the bridge by framing Manhattan through pointed arches.

Citations
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. no. 62, p. 119, color repr. p. 45.
Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Exhibition history

From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 9-September 30, 2012).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.8