"Sketch: Norwich" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Rare little known in America

little known in America

fishermen and wharves of PTown

11 x 12-7/8

Mortimer Borne's early drypoints of New York Cityand surrounding area from the late 1920's-1940's are compelling in their slightly expressionist aesthetic and attention to detail

7-3/8 x 4-7/8

"Sketch: Norwich" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Rare little known in AmericaEtching, F. 314, Demo series 75, 1938, Ed. 25, plus 1 proof, 6 7 8 x 4 15 16, signed and extensively inscribed in pencil by Arms, dedicated to John Reynolds, this imp. on cream laid paper. A typed and signed note discussing the gift of this impression from Gustave Von Groschwitz, Curator of Prints at Weslyan University, in Middletown, CT , where this demonstration plate was executed by Arms on Oct. 25th, 1938, is included with this impression of the