The Grand Canal
1930
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on coated machine-made paper
Dimensions
image: 16.3 x 36 cm (6 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 26.6 x 45 cm (10 1/2 x 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1441
About the Artist
John Taylor Arms
John Taylor Arms (1887–1953) was one of America's foremost etchers of the twentieth century, renowned for his meticulous renderings of Gothic architecture. Born in Washington, D.C., he initially pursued law at Princeton University before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in architecture in 1912. He apprenticed as a draftsman and worked for...