Gates of the City

1922

John Taylor Arms, Artist Frederick Thomas Reynolds, Printer

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About the Artwork

Title Gates of the City

Artwork Date 1922

Makers John Taylor Arms (Artist) American, 1887-1953 Frederick Thomas Reynolds (Printer) American, born 1882

Medium Etching and aquatint printed in color ink on cream laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 8 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (22.2 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 5/8 inches (46 × 34.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2003.3

Markings

Signed Signed, in pencil, lower right: John Taylor Arms

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Artist's proof Inscribed, lower left corner of sheet: Gates of the City

Marks Watermark, center right edge: F.J. Head & Co. Marks, lower left corner: Hand Made (the e is partly cut off)

Provenance

Suzanne Arms Hawkins, granddaughter of the artist.
(Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
2003-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Haw, Richard. The Brooklyn Bridge: A Cultural History. New Brunswick, 2005, p. 107, no. 30.

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John Taylor Arms, Gates of the City, 1922, etching and aquatint printed in color ink on cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman, 2003.3.