The Butterfly
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
1920
Color etching and aquatint on laid paper
Edition 59/100
Plate: 10 1/16 × 7 1/8 in. (25.5 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (38.6 × 28.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.12
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, in graphite, lower left margin: 59/100; signed, in graphite, lower right margin: John Taylor Arms -; inscribed, lower left: The Butterfly; inscribed, in graphite, lower center 202XMM 12x 16 [effaced]; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 18;
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
Fletcher 48; NYPL 47
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