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Gargoyle Series No. 9: Sentinels

c. 1922

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
Culture
America
Medium
pencil tracing with marginal sketches
Support
Tracing paper
Measurements
Sheet: 17.8 x 25.6 cm (7 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2011.471
Catalogue raisonné
Fletcher 123
Copyright
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented pencil drawing on tan paper depicts a central framed scene surrounded by marginal sketches. Inside the frame, a large gargoyle and a figure in a pointed hat peer right toward a city. Additional gargoyles sit in the upper corners, while an airplane occupies the top center. A river landscape with bridges and boats spans the bottom. The composition is rendered entirely in delicate, light-gray lines with minimal shading.

Gargoyle Series No. 9: Sentinels

c. 1922

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America

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