id:			86506
accession number:	2015.582
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.582
updated:		2025-02-08 22:05:25.224000

Gargoyle Series No.1: The Gargoyle and His Quarry, Notre Dame, 1915. John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953). Pen and black ink; sheet: 23 x 17.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2015.582 Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/ © Suzanne Arms Hawkins

title:				The Gargoyle and His Quarry, Notre Dame
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series:				Gargoyle Series No.1
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creation date:			1915
creation date earliest:		1915
creation date latest:		1915
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creditline:			Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt
copyright:			Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/ © Suzanne Arms Hawkins

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culture:	America
technique:	pen and black ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Preparatory drawing for Fletcher 90

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 23 x 17.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Lower left margin in pen and ink: J.T. Arms 1915
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	inscription:	upper right margin, in ink: 92
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	inscription:	verso, bottom left, in graphite: C7983
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	inscription:	verso, stamped in red ink: SWP and in black ink above initials: 1982 and below: 9-8-50; same stamp in faint red ink above other stamp, but with no black ink writing
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	inscription:	Watermarks from FJ Head & Co (partial): F J Hea
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(The Old Print Shop, New York, NY)
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	Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
	date: January 29, 2004-March 7, 2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 7, 2016
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