ARTHUR B. DAVIES (American, 1862 - 1928) 1924 Pencil Signed Lithograph titled “Grassy Point, Hudson River”
$325.00
Offered here is an original pencil signed lithograph titled “Grassy Point, Hudson River” by famed artist Arthur Bowen Davies. This is one of only 25 that were printed by George C. Miller in 1924. One of these is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Framed under glass, with the back sealed, we have not opened this up at all to evaluate the overall condition of the lithograph. Sight measures 10 x 19 inches matted, framed measures 16 x 25 inches. There is some light discoloration to the print overall, and most notably in the lower left. The print does appear to have shifted some, as the right of the print shows a line where the print is brighter, apparently protected by the matting. Overall a rare piece by an American master.
Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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Offered here is an original pencil signed lithograph titled “Grassy Point, Hudson River” by famed artist Arthur Bowen Davies. This is one of only 25 that were printed by George C. Miller in 1924. One of these is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Framed under glass, with the back sealed, we have not opened this up at all to evaluate the overall condition of the lithograph. Sight measures 10 x 19 inches matted, framed measures 16 x 25 inches. There is some light discoloration to the print overall, and most notably in the lower left. The print does appear to have shifted some, as the right of the print shows a line where the print is brighter, apparently protected by the matting. Overall a rare piece by an American master.
Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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Offered here is an original pencil signed lithograph titled “Grassy Point, Hudson River” by famed artist Arthur Bowen Davies. This is one of only 25 that were printed by George C. Miller in 1924. One of these is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Framed under glass, with the back sealed, we have not opened this up at all to evaluate the overall condition of the lithograph. Sight measures 10 x 19 inches matted, framed measures 16 x 25 inches. There is some light discoloration to the print overall, and most notably in the lower left. The print does appear to have shifted some, as the right of the print shows a line where the print is brighter, apparently protected by the matting. Overall a rare piece by an American master.
Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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Biography:
Though his own paintings—idyllic pastorals inspired by Greek mythology and the Renaissance—suggest that he was immersed more in history than in his own time, Arthur Bowen Davies championed the avant-garde and was instrumental in fostering modernism in America. Aligned with the Ashcan School of painters, he was a principal organizer of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to Americans. Davies also participated in the creation of the foremost venue for modern art: MoMA, in New York. Late in life, his allegiance to James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s principles and transcendentalist ideals found a happy medium in his minimalist landscape watercolors, made on trips to the Italian Alps.
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