In Memoriam (The North Portal of Chartres Cathedral)
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John Taylor Arms
(Washington, D.C., 1887–New York, New York, 1953)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1939
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 20 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (51.4 × 39.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 5/8 × 12 in. (37.2 × 30.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 5/8 × 12 in. (37.2 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Susan Garwood in memory of Sue Ann Reagan, 2004.95
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2004.95
On View
Not on viewJohn Taylor Arms considered the north portal of Chartres Cathedral “man’s supreme spiritual achievement in stone and mortar” and “the most perfect part of the most perfect church in the world.” He dedicated his meditative etching of this entrance, rendered with near-photographic clarity, to the memory of his mother-in-law, who died the year before its publication.
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