John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
American, 1887-1953
John Taylor Arms was born in Washington, D.C., in 1887. Arms studied architecture at Princeton and MIT and later became the country’s finest etcher of his age. His renderings of European and American architectural subjects are not only beautiful, but they are unrivaled in their technical virtuosity and nuanced light. In a recent exhibit, the Cleveland Museum noted, Arms believed that art could be a tool for the spiritual and moral improvement of mankind and that Gothic cathedrals represented the most significant expression of man’s aspirations. He viewed printmaking as a vehicle for disseminating images of subjects that would uplift and inspire contemporary society. He served as President of the Society of American Etchers and as an ambassador for American printmakers and printmaking throughout the world.
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Artist: John Taylor Arms
Stokesay Castle
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
The Minature Print Society of Kansas City, Mo. , 1942.
Etching on cream colored Japon wove paper, 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 inches (58 x 75 mm), full margins. Signed, dated and inscribed "II"...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Corbel on Gate House, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire Corbel
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 3 3/16 x 1 9/16 inches (81 x 41 mm), full margins. Signed, dated, and inscribed "II" in pencil, lower margin, and with an inscription and dedication in t...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Rodez; The Tower of Notre Dame
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique wove Catalunya-Spain watermarked paper, 12 x 5 inches (305 x 127 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. In excellent condition with light ton...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Rouen; The Cathedral of Notre Dame from the South
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on F.J. Head & Co. watermarked cream laid paper, 8 1/8 x 7 5/8 (205 x 184 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. Illustrated in Dorothy Noyes Arms, Chur...
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1920s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Abbeville; St. Vulfran
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove Japon paper, 7 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (188 x 197 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. In excellent condition with some minor surface soiling...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Fiesole: An Ancient Tower
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (201 x 130 mm), full margins. Edition of 150. Printed by Federick Reynolds. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Arms wa...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
"Church of St. Aignan Chartres" Etching in Ink on Paper (Demonstration Plate)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Soquel, CA
"Church of St. Aignan Chartres" Etching in Ink on Paper (Demonstration Plate)
Delicate and detailed drypoint etching of the Church of St. Aignan in Chartres, France by John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953). The viewer stands in an alley near the church, looking out of the shadows at the sunlit towers. The architectural details of the church are well-captured, including the texture of the stone walls, the roof, and ornamental detail.
Titled, signed, dated, and inscribed along the bottom edge:
Sketch, Saint Aignon, Chartres John Taylor Arms 1950
The inscription includes details about production, as well as a dedication "To my friends Georgia and Jasper Mathews, with my sincerest good wishes"
Presented in a wood frame with an off-white mat.
Frame size: 12.5"H x 9.25"W
Image size: 7"H x 4.5"W
John Taylor Arms was born in Washington, DC in 1887. He studied law at Princeton University, transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, to study architecture, graduating in 1912. After serving as an officer in the United States Navy during World War I, he devoted himself full-time to etching. He published his first original etchings in 1919.
His initial subject was the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City near which he worked. Arms developed a successful career as a graphic artist in the 1920s and 1930s, specializing in series of etchings of Gothic churches and cathedrals in France and Italy. In addition to medieval subjects, Arms made a series of prints of American cities.
He used sewing needles and magnifying glasses to get a fine level of detail. A member of many printmaking societies, Arms served as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists. An educator, Arms wrote the Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers (1934) and did numerous demonstrations and lectures. Arms was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member in 1930, and became a full member in 1933. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics...
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1940s Victorian John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Drypoint, Etching
Old Corner, Rouen
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 6 x 4 inches (153 x 102 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower margin. From the edition of 150, printed by Frederick Reynolds.
[Fletcher 163]
This ...
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Early 20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Black and White Etching -- Rodez
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Troy, NY
This detailed etching depicts Notre Dame in France. The foreground shows an alleyway, with cracking and peeling buildings, plants climbing the walls, and a shifting stone road. Each ...
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1920s Realist John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Paper
Precious Stones – South Transeptal Portal, Church of Notre Dame des Andelys
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper 3 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches (84 x 49 mm), full margins. Signed, dated and inscribed "II" in pencil, lower margin. Likely one of eight trial proof impressions f...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Stranger in England, St. Lawrence, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 5 9/16 x 2 3/4 inches (142 x 70 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, numbered "III," and inscribed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin, recto. In v...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
New York Skyline, Sketch
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Edition 20. Signed and dated in pencil. Annotated 'Bolton Brown...
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1920s American Realist John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Portait of a Romanesque Capital
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on light cream wove paper, 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 inches (68 x 69 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and inscribed "IV" in pencil, lower margin. Likely a proof impression of the t...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
La Rue de Change, Tours
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique cream laid paper, 5 x 2 inches (127 x 52 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil lower margin. From the editoin of 156, printed by Frederick Reynolds. In s...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
San Marino (Sketch)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Ecthing in black ink on cream laid paper with a partial watermark, full margins. In excellent condition. A very scarce work from an edition of less than 20 impressions. Signed, date...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
From the Ponte Vecchio
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Storrs, CT
From the Ponte Vecchio, Florence. 1925. Etching and aquatint. Fletcher catalog 159. state ii. Image: 11 1/8 x 15 1/4 (sheet 13 3/8 x 18 1/4). Edition 160 in this state (total edition...
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1930s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Vintage Etching - Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Etching - Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928
Vintage black and white etching of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928 by Joh...
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1920s American Impressionist John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Laid Paper
Coutances
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin, bluish-green cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (233 x 120 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. First and only state. Printed by Frederi...
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Early 20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
The Church of St. Francis and the Natizone – Cividale
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique cream laid paper, 10 x 14 13/16 inches (254 x 377 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil and inscribed "Ed. 100" (from a total edition of 128). Third state (of three...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
John Taylor Arms, Battle Wagon
By John Taylor Arms
Located in New York, NY
John Taylor Arms was known for making such finely drawn etchings that commercial tools were not good enough: He regularly used sewing needles with corks for handles. Made during Worl...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Out of My Window. (Vista; My Own; De Ma Fenêtre)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Storrs, CT
Out of My Window. (Vista; My Own; De Ma Fenêtre). 1916. Etching. Fletcher 4, Library of Congress 254. 7 x 5 9/16 (sheet 9 3/8 x 9 1/2). Edition 75. Good condition apart from two re...
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20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
American Cathedral (The Woolworth Building).
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Storrs, CT
American Cathedral (The Woolworth Building). 1921. Etching. Fletcher 107. 17 x 6 5/8 (sheet 21 1/2 x 9 1/8). Edition 75. Provenance: estate of David...
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1920s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
A Gable in the Grande Rue, Lisieux
By John Taylor Arms
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is the 3rd etching created by Arms. It was printed byGrederick Reynolds in an edition of 116. Referenced as Fletcher #3 the image is the second in his Gable series. Lis...
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1910s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
La Colegiata Toro (Romanesque Santa Maria la Mayor/Zamora province Spain)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Taylor Arms created this superb architectural image of La Colegiata in 1935 in an edition of 153. It is #12 in his Spanish Churches series and is referenced as Fletcher #284.
One of the most characteristic examples of transitional Romanesque architecture in Spain, the church of Santa María la Mayor is inspired by the Cathedral of Zamora, in turn inspired by the Old Cathedral of Salamanca. The tower-dome is usually listed as one of the four most typical in León together with those in the cathedrals of Salamanca, Plasencia and Zamora.
The church was begun around 1170, and was finished in the mid-13th century. Two different directors of the work have been identified, according to the different types of stone used (limestone in the old sections, sandstone in the most recent ones), and by the barrel vaults...
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1930s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
St. Mary's Church in Bibury, England
By John Taylor Arms
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is stamped as being rom the personal collection of Arms Referenced as Fletcher #386 the image is signed .and inscribed in pencil and is from a small edition of 16. The An...
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1910s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Afterglow; Geddington, England.
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique Emberlin 1846 cream laid paper with a parial watermark of Britannia, or Seated Victory, set in a cartouche, surmounted by the Crown of England, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inche...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Street in Porto Maurizio
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique handmade laid paper, 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches (246 x 109 mm), full margins. Signed and dated (1928) in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. In very goo...
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1920s American Modern John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Hambourg
By John Taylor Arms
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: John Taylor Arms (American , 1887-1953)
Title: Hambourg
Year: 1927
Medium: Etching
Edition: Unknown
Paper: Thin paper
Image (plate mark) size: 10.1 x 4.85 i...
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Early 20th Century John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Stone Tapestry, San Isidoro, Leon
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and dated in pencil, inscribed " Ed 100 I." In excellent condition, except for tape remains at upper margin corners on verso. Also called South Portal of The Collegiate Church...
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1930s John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
THE ARCH OF THE CONCA, PERUGIA
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Portland, ME
Arms, John Taylor. ARCH OF THE CONCA, PERUGIA. Etching, 1926. 10 1/4" x 14 5/8 plus margins. Framed to 18 x 22 inches. Signed in pencil and annotated "Trial Proof No. 6"; only state...
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1920s John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
DOWNTOWN, NEW YORK
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Portland, ME
Arms, John Taylor (American, 1887-1953). DOWNTOWN, NEW YORK. F.108. Etching and Aquatint, 1921. Edition of 75. Numbered 19/75 and signed and dated 1921, all in pencil. 8 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches, 214 x 125 mm (plate) plus margins. Framed to 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches with the label of The Old Print Shop...
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1920s John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
BEAVER HOUSE (AU NORD)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Portland, ME
Arms, John Taylor. BEAVER HOUSE (AU NORD). Fletcher 88. Etching,
1920. And Artist's Proof, printed by Fredrick Reynolds. Signed and
dated in pencil by Arms, lower right, and incscri...
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1920s John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
PUERTA DEL OBISPO, ZAMORA (THE BISHOP'S DOOR, ZAMORA).
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Portland, ME
Arms, John Taylor. PUERTA DEL OBISPO, ZAMORA (THE BISHOP'S DOOR,
ZAMORA). Fletcher 266. Etching, 1933. Edition 160, of which this is
likely one of the 25 p...
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1930s John Taylor Arms Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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