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JOHN TAYLOR ARMS Where the Junk Sails Lift.
Color aquatint and etching on smooth, cream wove paper, 1922. 305x330 mm; 12x13 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Edition of 150. Signed, dated and inscribed "II" in pencil, lower margin. A superb, richly-inked impression with vibrant colors; showing the full sunrise effect.
With--Another impression of the same print, in the second state (of 2), signed in pencil, lower right; showing the rays of the sun but not the full sunrise effect.
According to Fletcher, Arms experimented with the color combinations of this plate; some show a colorful sunrise in the background, while others show only the rays of the sun. Fletcher 130.
