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Ugly Devil (also called Gargoyle Studies) by John Taylor Arms
Ugly Devil (also called Gargoyle Studies)
John Taylor Arms
Title
Ugly Devil (also called Gargoyle Studies)
Artist
John Taylor Arms
1887 - 1953 (biography)Year
1924
Technique
etching
Image Size
3 3/16 x 3 1/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower margin
Edition Size
100
Annotations
pencil dated after the signature; plate inscribed "Ugly Devil" in lower left
Reference
Fletcher 148; Gargoyle Series #12; Miniature Series #10; Arms 150; LOC 131
Paper
ivory wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
24560
Price
$800.00
Description
The Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. The cathedral was built and rebuilt over more than eight hundred years so the architecture has features from the Early Gothic to the late Flamboyant and Renaissance styles. Arms visited Rouen in 1924 and made sketches of the some of the gargoyles and of the town of Rouen with the cathedral looming above. His original sketch for his etching Gargoyle Studies (a.k.a. Ugly Devil) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art, a gift from Carole and Charles Rosenblatt.