JOHN TAYLOR ARMS PALAZZO DELL'ANGELO ETCHING 1931

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JOHN TAYLOR ARMS, N.A., R.E. (AMERICAN, 1887�1953) ORIGINAL ETCHING IN BLACK INK ON CREAM LAID / WOVE PAPER (ITALIAN SERIES, NO. 19; FLETCHER 233; ARMS 235) SIGNED AND DATED "JOHN TAYLOR ARMS 1931" IN PENCIL LOWER RIGHT BELOW THE PLATEMARK; INSCRIBED WITH ROMAN NUMERAL STATE / PROOF NOTATION ("II") IN PENCIL LOWER LEFT 7 X 6.5 IN PLATE 16 X 13 IN FRAMED JOHN TAYLOR ARMS WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST 20TH-CENTURY ETCHERS AND ARCHITECTURAL PRINTMAKERS. TRAINED IN ARCHITECTURE AT MIT, HE ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR HIS VIRTUOSIC MICROSCOPIC PRECISION IN CAPTURING EUROPEAN GOTHIC AND VENETIAN ARCHITECTURE. HIS WORKS ARE HELD IN MAJOR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

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