21st Century Realism ARC Salon

21st Century Realism ARC Salon

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Michael Davis

The First to Get There

Lot Closed

July 24, 04:42 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

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Michael Davis

American

The First to Get There, 2021


signed and titled Michael Davis - The First to Get There on the reverse

oil on board

board: 18 by 24 in.; 45.7 by 60.9 cm

framed: 20 1/2 by 26 1/2 in.; 52. by 67.3 cm

Acquired directly from the artist

In the collection of the Art Renewal Center, 2023

New York, NY, Sotheby’s, “16th International ARC Salon Exhibition”, ARC Staff Award, July 14 – 24, 2023

Samuel Peralta, “Lunar Codex: The Polaris Collection”, enclosed in cultural time capsule on the Griffin lunar lander, launched by SpaceX, and placed on the Moon in perpetuity, launch scheduled November 2024, illustrated

Various authors, "International Realism: 16th International ARC Salon", ACC Art Books, Woodbridge, Suffolk 2023, (ARC Staff Award), illustrated p. 68

After graduating and receiving a BFA from Shepherd University in West Virginia, Michael Davis attended the Shuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore, MD where he continued his study of the classical art of painting. Since then, he has received numerous awards from the Art Renewal Center (ARC), The Portrait Society of America, and Artist Magazine, among others.

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