Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: La Grande Porte d’Entrée du Musée Cluny, Paris

Year: 1926

Number: 358

Size:

States: 4

Title on Print: La Grande Porte d’Entrée du Musée Cluny, Paris

Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: C. Armington 1926 l.l.

Planned Edition: 100

Total Number of Impressions: 110

Numbers in Pencil:

One to ‘’ Bibliothèque Nationale’’ not numbered.

3rd state 3/3

One dedicated ‘’to Mrs. Glentworth Reeve Butler, a memory of Paris from C.A. July 18, 1931’’ numbered 54/100

13, 35, 52, 57, 71, 74/100

Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington

Dedication:

‘’to Mrs. Glentworth Reeve Butler, a memory of Paris from C.A. July 18, 1931’’

Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:

1st state 1 print

2nd 2 prints

3rd 3

4th 2 Ep. d’essai

1 for Frank on old paper

1 for Mr. Louis Robin

1 for Dr. and Mrs. George Conger of Minneapolis

1 for Miss May Bass

Ralston Gallery

1 xxxx  xxx

1 to 79

Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.

Plate:

Collections:

Bnf

PAMA

Des Moines Art Center  

Exhibitions:

-The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Society of Etchers, 1927 Exhibition, with the title ‘’Porte d'Entrée du Musée Cluny, Paris’’.

 -Etchings by Caroline Armington: December, 1929. Toronto: The Art Gallery of Toronto. Entrance, Musée Cluny, Paris

-Mohr Art Galleries Madison Avenue NYC from April 1-16th 1927.

-Gallerie Domnion & Jan Johnson, Montreal, Caroline et Frank Armington, June 1993

Publications:

-A. McKenzie Brockman, Caroline (1875–1939) and Frank (1876–1941) Armington ([Deux-Montagnes, Québec], 1985).

-The brochure from her exhibition at the Mohr Art Galleries Madison Avenue NYC from April 1-16th 1927.

-L'Art et les Artistes 1927

-Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, July 07, 1924

Comments:

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-Dr. and Mrs. George Conger were a prominent academic couple who lived in Minneapolis during the mid-20th century.

Dr. George Perrigo Conger (1884–1960) was a distinguished American philosopher, author, and a pioneer in the study of Indian philosophy in the United States. He served as a professor and eventual Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he taught from 1920 until his retirement in 1952. Before his academic career, he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister and worked as a YMCA Secretary in an Eastern Siberian prison camp during World War I. He authored numerous philosophical books, including A Course in Philosophy and Synoptic Naturalism.

Mrs. Agnes Diadamia Conger (née Hulburd) (1888–1981) was his wife. The couple married on October 15, 1913,

 

-Mrs. Glentworth Reeve Butler (born Cornelia Antoinette Willson) was a prominent late-19th and early-20th-century American socialite, philanthropist, and civic leader based in Brooklyn, New York. She lived from 1859 to 1942.

She was best known in society as the wife of Dr. Glentworth Reeve Butler, one of Brooklyn's most distinguished physicians and authors. Together, they were foundational figures in Brooklyn’s elite civic, medical, and cultural circles.

She married Dr. Butler in 1884. The couple resided at a prominent home at 226 Gates Avenue in the Bedford section of Brooklyn. They had one daughter, Antoinette Reeve Butler (later Mrs. Brower Hewitt).

Alongside her husband, who served as the first President of the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross Society, she was highly active in organizing local healthcare and relief efforts.

She served on various auxiliary committees and boards across New York City. Records highlight her leadership in the Army Relief Society to aid military widows and orphans, and hosting educational programs like the Boys and Girls Club at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

She was an active member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), helping to preserve early American history and support immigrant integration programs at the turn of the century.

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In 1926, Mr. Louis Robin (1845-1930) was a French art historian, biographer, and essayist. He was a high-society art connoisseur and cataloger, Louis Robin was intimately connected to the Galerie J. Allard in Paris (for whom he drafted a major historical catalog in May 1926).

He is historically documented in May 1926 for writing the biographical essay and exhibition catalogue for the prominent maritime painter Jean-Baptiste Durand-Brager. This specific 56-item catalogue was published for an exhibition titled "Exposition d'un peintre de la haute mer" (Exhibition of a Painter of the High Seas), which ran from May 14 to May 29, 1926, at the Galerie J. Allard in Paris, France.

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In 1926, Miss May Bass was an international fine art dealer and gallery agent who played a central role in distributing etchings to high-profile European collectors.

Operating between North America and Europe, Miss May Bass acted as a critical conduit for the "Paris Group" of expatriate artists.

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