Signature Signed and dated in graphite, below image right: John Taylor Arms 1940
Marks Watermark, along left edge, oriented sideways: RADWAY
Inscription Recto, below image left, in graphite, in artist's hand: III / To Lila May Chapman / John Taylor Arms
Bottom left, in graphite, in different hand: Wilby Church
Bottom center, in graphite: 5/0
Bottom right, in graphite, erased: John [?, rest of phrase illegible]
Verso: none
Provenance John Taylor Arms (1887-1953), 1940; Lila May Chapman (about 1870-1953), Birmingham, Alabama [see note 1]; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1954
1. Written underneath the platemark in graphite, the artist dedicates 1954.22 to Lila May Chapman. The inscription is undated.
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