Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Le Pont Royal et le Louvre, Paris

Year: 1926

Number: 361

Size:

States: 3

Title on Print: Le Pont Royal et le Louvre, Paris

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

Planned Edition: 100

Total Number of Impressions: 106

Numbers in Pencil:

2me état : 1 épreuve

36/100

Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington

Dedication:

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

1sr state 1 print

2nd 1

3rd 1 for Frank on old paper

1 for Mrs. H. C. Tyrrell of Tulsa, Okla. not numb.

1 for Mrs. J. W. Fouch of Beaumont, Texas, not numb.

No 1 to 40

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

Plate:

Collections:

PAMA

Exhibitions:

Grimsby Art Gallery, March-April 1993 Grimsby, Ontario, Exhibit and Sale, The Armingtons: Canadian Painter/Etchers in Paris; Frank Armington, Caroline Armington

Publications:

Comments:

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Mrs. H. C. Tyrrell was the wife of Harry C. Tyrrell, a highly prominent 1920s Oklahoma oil tycoon, real estate developer, and philanthropist.

During the height of the Oklahoma oil boom, H. C. Tyrrell accumulated vast wealth in petroleum. He was a central figure in shaping downtown Tulsa and its cultural institutions:

In 1929, Tyrrell partnered with fellow oilman J.M. Gillette to build a major 13-story Art Deco office and luxury hotel complex. While the 1929 stock market crash wiped out much of their wealth and halted the project at three stories, the historic building still stands today as the Pythian Building on South Boulder Avenue.

Tyrrell served as a university trustee from 1919 to 1935.

 

In the late 1920s, Harry and his wife made a massive foundational financial pledge to the University of Tulsa. They funded the construction of the campus's fine arts building, which was dedicated in June 1930.

Still standing today, Tyrrell Hall features a permanent dedication plaque inscribed from both "Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Tyrrell," noting that they gifted the building to "those who study, create, and enjoy the finer things of life".

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Mrs. H. C. Tyrrell was a prominent patroness of the arts, frequently sponsoring university gallery exhibitions and local musical programs.

 

Mrs. J. W. Fouch of Beaumont, Texas was a prominent local figure and art enthusiast, whose husband, Julius W. Fouch (often appearing in local histories as J. W. Fouch), was closely connected to Beaumont's prominent civic and social circles.

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