CA-338 Book plate for John P. Kane
Ex Libris John P. Kane
· To enlarge a photo you can right click on the photo and use the ''More Tools'' and then the ''magnify image'' functions....or use the built-in browser features or tools of your computer.
Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Book plate for John P. Kane
Year: 1924
Number: 338
Size: 11 x 8.25 cm
States: 1
Title on Print: Ex Libris John P. Kane
Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: C. Armington l. r.
Planned Edition: Unknown
Total Number of Impressions: Unknown
Numbers in Pencil:
One ''State'' dedicated "To my dear Frank from Caroline Armington" not numbered.
One dedicated "To my dear Frank from Caroline Armington" not numbered.
Others, not numbered.
Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington
Dedication: Two dedicated "To my dear Frank from Caroline Armington"
Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:
Book plate for John P. Kane New York, 103 Park Ave.
1 for Frank (see Comments)
Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.
Plate:
Collections:
PAMA
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950).
Exhibitions:
Publications:
Comments:
‘’Ns’’ are backward in etched name ‘’Armington’’
In 1924, John P. Kane was a highly active, prominent figure in New York’s high-society social columns and an expanding force in the city's construction industry.
During 1924, John P. Kane and his wife were frequently covered by The New York Times social pages as fixtures of the Manhattan and Long Island elite.
In 1924, Kane was operating as the head of his independent firm, the John P. Kane Company, located in Manhattan. The company specialized in supplying major masonry, brick, and raw building materials for the massive post-WWI construction boom taking over New York City.
By 1924, he was married, raising his three daughters, and splitting his time between a luxurious apartment at 180 East 79th Street in Manhattan and the wealthy equestrian enclave of Locust Valley, Long Island, where he held membership at the exclusive Piping Rock Club.