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West Forty-Second Street

c. 1920

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
Culture
America
Medium
pen and black ink
Credit Line
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2011.466
Catalogue raisonné
Fletcher 41
Copyright
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This view of 42nd Street from the corner of Fifth Avenue looks west toward Sixth Avenue. The New York Public Library is in the left foreground. Arms always made contour drawings on site, delineating the important aspects of the subject. Later in his Connecticut studio he traced the outlines of the forms onto tracing paper, which was used to transfer the subject onto the plate.
A vertically oriented ink drawing on tan paper depicts a bustling city street flanked by towering buildings. In the foreground, a dense crowd of figures is rendered with fine black lines. On the left, billboards reading "Piedmont" and "Selznick" adorn a building. In the distance, skyscrapers with flags rise above the street. Precise hatching and vertical strokes create detailed architectural facades, emphasizing the verticality and depth of the urban scene.

West Forty-Second Street

c. 1920

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America

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