"Sketch: Norwich" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Rare signed and dated in pencil

signed and dated in pencil

His fascination and knowledge of the mid-western birds he portrayed are realized with consummate skill in the difficult medium of color aquatint

little known in America

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

"Sketch: Norwich" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Rare signed and dated in pencilEtching, 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