The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

French Church Series No. 32: Limoges

1932

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)

America, 20th century

Etching

Support: Blue paper

Sheet: 31.8 x 46.1 cm (12 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.); Platemark: 25.5 x 34.3 cm (10 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2010.762

Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins

Catalogue raisonné: Fletcher, 244

State: trial proof i/xvi//III

Location

not on view

Description

Arms was a meticulous craftsman totally focused on etching. He worked 18 hours a day and might spend 1,000 or even 2,000 hours drawing the design on a single plate. Extremely energetic, Arms collaborated with his wife on several books and still found time to advocate for printmaking. In addition to making 150 demonstration prints in front of various audiences, he was a curator, author, speaker, consultant, and overall volunteer leader promoting American printmaking wherever he could.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Bottom right, under image in graphite: John Taylor Arms 1932 Bottom left, under image in graphite: III

Exhibition history

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.762