Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza (Miniature Series #27 : Yucatán Series #1)
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
1940
Etching on paper
349/365
Plate: 1 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (5 × 6.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (12.1 × 14.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Norman Williams, in memory of her grandson, Edwin Henry Parkhurst III, Class of 1957
PR.958.145
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, upper right: 349; inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: II; signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: John Taylor Arms 1940; titled, in graphite, lower left: Plumed Serpent, Chichén Itzá; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: sp; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: etching & aquatint; Watermarek, lower left: [anchor inside a circle] [cut off]
Provenance
Margaret Bright Williams (1888-1984), Woodstock, Vermont, given to present collection, 1958 [in memory of her grandson, Edwin Henry Parkhurst III (1936-1954), Class of 1957].
Catalogue Raisonne
Fletcher 344; NYPL 349
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