Lot 39
  • 39

ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES | Shy as a Rabbit

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arthur Bowen Davies
  • Shy as a Rabbit
  • signed A.B. DAVIES (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 1/4 by 17 1/4 inches
  • (56.5 by 43.8 cm)
  • Painted circa 1900.

Provenance

Mrs. Henry A. Everett, Pasadena, California
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1931

Exhibited

Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, The Eight, April 1977

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The work might benefit from a light cleaning. Under UV: there are a few lines of inpainting along the border of the figure and to frame abrasion at left edge. An opaque varnish makes the work difficult to read.
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