id:			86508
accession number:	2015.584
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.584
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:57.458000

New York Series: Gates of the City, 1922. John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953). Color etching and aquatint; platemark: 21.5 x 20.2 cm (8 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.); sheet: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2015.584 Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/ © Suzanne Arms Hawkins

title:				Gates of the City
title in original language:	
series:				New York Series
series in original language:	
creation date:			1922
creation date earliest:		1922
creation date latest:		1922
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt
copyright:			Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/ © Suzanne Arms Hawkins

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

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CREATORS

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

* Frederick Reynolds (American, b. England, 1882–1945)  - printer

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measurements: Platemark: 21.5 x 20.2 cm (8 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	laid paper (single-faced mould, hand made)
	watermarks:	
			* lower left side margin: FJ Head & Co
			
			* upper right corner: H (Turner, Silvie. The Book of Fine Paper (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998), p. 205
			

inscriptions:

	inscription:	Below image, right, in graphite: John Taylor Arms; lower left margin, in graphite: Gates of the City; lower center margin, in graphite: 9 x 9 3/4 24 encircled
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms (CMA, June 9-September 30, 2012)', 'opening_date': '2012-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY)
	date: 1988
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	Carole and Charles Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
	date: 1988-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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