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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14427
People
John Taylor Arms, American (Washington, DC 1887 - 1953 New York, New York)
Title
Port of Paradise, Venice
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Porta del Paradiso, Venezia
Series/Book Title: Italian Series #17
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1930
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253443

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 18.1 x 8.8 cm (7 1/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: John Taylor Arms - 1930
  • inscription: below lower left edge of plate, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: First line indented 0.3 cm, each additional line 0.6-0.8 further: To Penelope / Affectionately / John Taylor Arms.
  • inscription: lower left corner of paper, graphite, handwritten: P.N.
  • inscription: lower left corner of paper, above and slightly to right of "P.N.", graphite, handwritten: Porta del Paradiso
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite, handwritten: cp [?]

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
Edition
edition size: 141; trial proofs: 10
Standard Reference Number
F. 230

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Penelope B. Noyes
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
M14427
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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