Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza
1940
Artist, American, 1887 - 1953
Printer, British, 1887 - 1967
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leithauser in Honor of Frances Smyth)
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Dimensions
plate: 4.92 × 6.35 cm (1 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
sheet: 13.02 × 16.83 cm (5 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3130
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fletcher 1982, no. 344
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leithauser, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1982
Fletcher, William Dolan. John Taylor Arms, A Man for All Time: The Artist and His Work. New Haven, CT: The Sign of the Arrow, 1982, pp. 218-219, no. 344.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: II; lower right in graphite: John Taylor Arms 1940; lower center edge in graphite: Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza; lower left edge in graphite: 305; lower right edge in graphite: 5/0 349
Markings
stamped lower left in brown ink: COLLECTION - E / JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
Watermarks
[partial crest]
Wikidata ID
Q77009773