JOHN TAYLOR ARMS BRITFORD CHURCH SKETCH 1945 EDITION OF 23
Item History & Price
Arms 398; Fletcher 387. Edition of 23. Demonstration Plate #129; produced for The University of Connecticut. Inscribed, signed, and dated in pencil lower center: "Sketch, Britford Church - Impression from Demonstration Plate drawn, etched, / and printed in 2 hours, 10 mins., at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., March 14, 1945 John Taylor Arms 1945". Inscribed in plate lower center: "Demonstration Plate-Univ. of Conn. 3/14/45-Britford Church JTA '45".
Arms ...was known for doing demonstrations for classes to teach his techniques. In 1945 he visited Professor Wilma Keys’ class at the University of Connecticut. In an astonishing two hours and ten minutes he completed Britford Church from start to pulling the last print. He left one with each of the twelve students and gave the remaining prints to Professor Keys. When Keys retired in 1963, Professor Scott moved into her office at the university, where he came across several of the Britford Church prints. Many were severely damaged and therefore discarded, but the few remaining impressions were in great condition. When Scott contacted Keys to return the prints, she informed him that she had one and he could keep the rest. Scott donated one to the Philbrook Museum of Art, one to the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, and retained the rest in his personal collection.
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