The Sign
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
1917
Etching on blue paper
15
Plate: 6 11/16 × 2 15/16 in. (17 × 7.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 5 5/16 in. (20.1 × 13.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Norman Williams, in memory of her grandson, Edwin Henry Parkhurst III, Class of 1957
PR.958.160
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, upper right: #15; signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: John Taylor Arms - 1919; titled, in graphite, lower left: The Sign; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, upper left: 555/55; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: etching; Watermarke, center left: O U [cut off by impression]
Provenance
Margaret Bright Williams (1888-1984), Woodstock, Vermont, given to present collection, 1958 [in memory of her grandson, Edwin Henry Parkhurst III (1936-1954), Class of 1957].
Catalogue Raisonne
Fletcher 17; NYPL 15
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