Merry Christmas from Dorothy and John Arms, Meudon, 1923 / John Taylor Arms. – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Merry Christmas from Dorothy and John Arms, Meudon, 1923 / John Taylor Arms.
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A Christmas greeting from the artist and his wife, Dorothy, this small etching is set in Meudon, a town on the southwestern edge of Paris. John Taylor Arms, an American printmaker who worked in France during the 1920s, made a series of holiday cards in which each plate doubled as a personal greeting and a finished work. Cards like this were usually sent to friends and fellow artists, so the image records both a seasonal wish and a small piece of the couple's circle. At roughly 8 by 12 centimeters, it shows how Arms's architectural etchings of the period depended on precise, intimate detail.
| Created / published | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching; 8.3 x 12cm. |
| Genre | Cityscape prints 1920-1930.Christmas cards 1920-1930.Etchings 1920-1930. |
| Notes | [His Christmas card no. 8] Arms, 141. Signed with initials and dated on plate; signed and dated in pencil below plate. DLC Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 20. Arms, no. 141 |
| Subjects | Paris (France)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,273 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-180050 |
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