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French Church Series No. 10: Rocamadour

1927

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
Culture
America
Medium
graphite
Support
Tissue paper
Measurements
Sheet: 37.8 x 29.1 cm (14 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Platemark: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2010.714
Catalogue raisonné
tissue transfer for etching Fletcher, 186
Copyright
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Transparent tracing paper was laid over the drawing on the left so that the image could be redrawn onto it. Arms also embellished the composition with additions to the landscape at the left and shaded the scene overall. Since the image was then transferred from the tracing paper to the copper plate in this direction, when the plate was inked and printed, the image was reversed.
A vertically oriented graphite drawing on beige paper overlooks buildings cluttering a steep cliffside. Multistory houses with pitched roofs and chimneys cluster in the middle ground, ascending toward a castle with a slender tower at the summit. In the lower foreground, an outlined path curves from the right. Loose, grainy lines and squiggly marks define the architecture and leafy trees, set against a backdrop of faint, drifting clouds.

French Church Series No. 10: Rocamadour

1927

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America

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