$1,763
John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953) Lot of Two Naval Prints: Destroyers in Wetbasin at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearney, N. J. U.S.S. Radford, Quick, Mervine - 1942, 1943, third state, edition of 875 (Fletcher, 377); U.S.S. Columbia Under Construction at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J. - 1942, 1945, trial proof XVI (Fletcher, 390). Each signed and dated "John Taylor Arms..." in pencil l.r. Etchings with aquatint on paper, plate sizes approximately 12 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (31.1 x 43.8 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, staining, bloom to latter, not examined out of frames. Provenance: The estate of Ernest Hillman, Jr., Fairfield, Connecticut.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-03-05
