id:			159720
accession number:	1996.8
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.8
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:32.012000

Gates of the City, 1922. John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund 1996.8 Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins

title:				Gates of the City
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series:				
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creation date:			1922
creation date earliest:		1922
creation date latest:		1922
current location:		
creditline:			Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund
copyright:			Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Fletcher, 126

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CREATORS

* John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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edition of the work: 	25 (another 75 printed in color)

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms
	opening date:   2012-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 30, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	no. 62, p. 119, color repr. p. 45.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027

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