Signature Signed and dated in graphite, below plate right: John Taylor Arms 1940
Marks None
Inscription Recto, below plate left, in graphite, in artist's hand: VI
Below plate center, in graphite, in artist's hand: To Lila May Chapman / with deepest gratitude / from John Taylor Arms, 1941
Lower center, in graphite: 5/o [?]
Bottom right corner, in graphite, mostly erased: John Taylor Arms
Verso: none
Provenance John Taylor Arms (1887-1953), 1940; Lila May Chapman (about 1870-1953), Birmingham, Alabama, 1941 [see note 1]; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1954
1. Written underneath the platemark in graphite, the artist dedicates 1954.21 to Lila May Chapman. The inscription is dated 1941.