Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2609BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 07, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953)
Two Architectural Views: Notre Dame de Laòn, 1929, third state of three, from the 1929 edition of 100 (Fletcher, 219),and The Piazza, Venzone, 1931, second state of two, edition of 127 (Fletcher, 239). Both signed and dated "John Taylor Arms-..." in pencil l.r. and annotated in pencil l.l. Etchings on laid papers, plate sizes to 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.7 x 24.3 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Pale soiling and fox marks, pinhole to upper margin of Laòn, crease to upper margin of Venzone.
Estimate $250-300
Both sheets have margins of 1 inch or more and are tinted blue. There are two stains to the sky of Laon.