Early bird – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This historic print of Early bird brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This 1920 etching and aquatint is an artist's proof, a trial impression pulled outside the numbered edition so the maker could check the plate before printing more. It is signed and dated in pencil by John Taylor Arms, whose collector's mark also appears on the sheet, and the printer's name has been erased. Arms was known for precise etchings of architecture and quiet landscapes. The aquatint, applied alongside line work, lets the printmaker build soft tonal areas instead of relying only on hatched lines, a technique many American printmakers favored in the 1910s and 1920s.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching and aquatint ; 13.9 x 17.5 cm. |
| Subjects | Library has two impressions: no. 44A -- Arms, 44A (second state). Artist's proof. Signed and dated in pencil. Coll. mark: John Taylor Arms. No. 44B -- Arms, 44B (second state). Artist's proof. Signed and dated in pencil. Printed by Frederick Reynolds erased. 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. 16. Gift. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,257 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131622 |
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