Ugly Devil (also called 'Gargoyle Studies' and 'Ugly Devil Eyes') by John Taylor Arms

Ugly Devil (also called Gargoyle Studies and Ugly Devil Eyes) by John Taylor Arms

Ugly Devil (also called 'Gargoyle Studies' and 'Ugly Devil Eyes')

John Taylor Arms

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Title

Ugly Devil (also called 'Gargoyle Studies' and 'Ugly Devil Eyes')

 
Artist
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 image and "Eyes" in the lower right. 
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.

 
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