Lot 47
  • 47

Arthur B. Davies 1862-1928

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur B. Davies
  • Eyelids of the Sunset
  • signed A.B. Davies, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 by 26 in.
  • (101.6 by 60 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Feragil Galleries, New York
James Graham & Sons, New York
Owen Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above, 1997 

Exhibited

Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Arthur B. Davies Centennial, July-August 1962, no. 48
Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Art Center; Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah, Arthur B. Davies Exhibition, March-June 1967
New York, Owen Galleries, The Eight, April-June 1997

Condition

Good condition, unlined; two areas of retouching in chest, one quarter size spot of retouching in figure's fright cheek, other dots and dashes of retouching in central figure's arm, neck and background.
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