The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

West Forty-Second Street

West Forty-Second Street

c. 1920
(American, 1887–1953)
America, 20th century
pen and black ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2011.466
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Catalogue raisonné: Fletcher 41
Location: not on view

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.
  • Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 30, 2012).
  • {{cite web|title=West Forty-Second Street|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=c. 1920|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.466