"Light and Shade, Taxco" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Fresco Not in the raisonne

Not in the raisonne

which shows Arms' debt to Whistler in the shadowy figure entering at lower left

signed & inscribed in pencil

and monumental and mythic themes

"Malinche" was used to illustrate the prospectus for "The Picture Book"

"Light and Shade, Taxco" by John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953) Fresco Not in the raisonneLight and Shade, Taxco, Etching, 1946, F. 394, second state, Ed. of 279 in this state, plus 15 trial proofs: 4 first state, and 11 in the second state, 10 1 2 x 13 3 4, on cream laid paper, signed, dated and dedicated in pencil "To my friend Hobart Nichols, John Taylor Arms, 1946", in fine condition, very faint mat line and a little waviness to sheet edges. One of Arm's "Preferred Plates" and regarded as one of his most intricate and beautiful prints,