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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14428
People
John Taylor Arms, American (Washington, DC 1887 - 1953 New York, New York)
Printed by David Strang
Title
Principal portal of San Pablo, Valladolid
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Puerta Principal De La Inglesia De San Pablo, Valladolid; Minature, San Pablo, Valladolid
Series/Book Title: Spanish Church Series #11
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1934
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257962

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 11.5 x 7.5 cm (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: John Taylor Arms - 1934
  • inscription: underneath lower left edge of plate, below "trial proof", graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: inscription: To Penelope Noyes from / John Taylor Arms
  • inscription: underneath lower left edge of plate, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: edition number: Trial proof V II [II is a superscript to V]
  • inscription: bottom edge of plate, extending from just right of center rightwards, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Signature and date: John Taylor Arms - 1934
  • inscription: lower edge of paper, beginning 1.5 cm from left edge, graphite, handwritten: title: Miniature / Principal Portal of the Church of San Pablo, Valladolid .
  • inscription: lower right edge of paper, graphite, handwritten: number: 5. [inside handwritten circle of 0.7 cm diameter; underneath can see another 5 of different shape that has been rubbed out]
  • inscription: lower right corner of paper, about 1 cm to left of "5", graphite, handwritten: number: -75 [inverted; old-style 7, drops below baseline of 5; or possibly uninverted "sL-"]
  • inscription: lower edge of paper, beginning about 2.1 cm to left of "-75", erased graphite, handwritten: artist's name: Jo n Taylor Arm [this mark has been almost completely erased; can read only impression; appears to be a different hand than either the artist's signature or the titling at bottom of page]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Penelope B. Noyes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, March 21, 1966.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
F. 278

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Penelope B. Noyes
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
M14428
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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