Print of the Day!! Sat, April 13, 2024 is by John Taylor Arms (1887-1953): "Crystal and Jade"; intaglio; trial proof VI; 1940.

Print of the Day!! Saturday, April 13, 2024 Is by American master printmaker John Taylor Arms (1887-1953).

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"Crystal and Jade" is an intaglio, an etching and aquatint, done between 1936 and 1940. The platemark measures 6-1/2 x 6-11/16 inches. This impression is pencil signed and annotated "VI" by the artist in the lower margin beneath the image and pencil titled and annotated in the lower margin: "To Dr. Ralph Weiler / with appreciation and in friendship / John Taylor Arms." It was printed in seven states by the artist and Master Printer David Strang (his initials, lower center margin) in a total edition of 377 impressions that includes 33 trial proofs in VII states (this being #VI/VII) between 1936 and 1940. This proof was printed on a sheet of ivory laid paper that measures 13-3/8 x 8-1/4 inches. References for this image include: Fletcher 301; Arms 305; Library of Congress 77. The gallery inventory number for this work is 24626. This unusual still-life intaglio by John Taylor Arms is available from the gallery for $600.00. Contact the gallery with any questions you might have, including condition. Shipping costs will be discussed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law.

John Taylor Arms's etching and aquatint, Crystal and Jade, is an homage to the French etcher Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (1837-1880). Jacquemart was a master of line, shape, volume, solidity, and translucency. Arms still life, Crystal and Jade, was his attempt to distill these very characteristics into his work. Another source of inspiration surely was James Abbott McNeill's etching, "Wine Glass" of 1858, his only still-life, done as he was studying etching with Delatré

John Taylor Arms, printmaker, lecturer, illustrator, and administrator, was born in Washington, D.C. on 19 April 1887. He first studied law at Princeton University but transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architecture, earning a Master's Degree in 1912. He studied with Ross Turner, David A. Gregg, and Felton Brown. For five years after his graduation Arms worked for the architectural firm Carrere and Hastings, before establishing his own architectural firm of which he was a partner.

A gift of an etching kit from his wife, Dorothy, changed the course of his life. He produced his first etching in 1915 and he eventually produced 441 prints, mostly etchings. Arms became one of the most famous printmakers of the first half of the twentieth century. He is mostly noted for his etchings of medieval architecture but early subjects also included ships, sailboats, airplanes, rural landscapes, and the streets, buildings, and bridges of New York.

Arms was an activist for printmaking and assisted in assembling exhibitions of American graphic art that were shown in Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Rome; he was editor of the Print Department of Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts, and he lectured on the techniques, history, and value of original prints. Arms also served as the president of the Tiffany Foundation in 1940. John Taylor Arms died in New York City on 15 October 1953.

Arms' exhibition history was lengthy beginning in 1927 and continuing to 1952. He authored 'Hand-Book of Print Making and Print Makers' in 1934 and illustrated 'Churches of France' and 'Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy' by his wife, Dorothy Noyes Arms. His work can be found in most major collections of American prints.

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