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Arthur B. Davies

Arthur B. Davies

Artist

WA-00041674

Painting

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

64

Works in Collection

308

Assets Indexed

0

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Publications Referenced

50%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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20 Gifts in Honor of Myron Orlofsky

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978–1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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American Prints from the International Program

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1402
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (64)

Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night

Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night

1927 · oil on canvas

overall: 101.92 × 66.2 cm (40 1/8 × 26 1/16 in.) framed: 118.11 × 83.82 × 8.89 cm (46 1/2 × 33 × 3 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Umbrian Mountains

The Umbrian Mountains

1925 · oil on canvas

overall: 65.72 × 101.28 cm (25 7/8 × 39 7/8 in.) framed: 78.74 × 114.3 × 8.41 cm (31 × 45 × 3 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Park at Saint Cloud near Paris

1925 · black crayon with watercolor, gouache and graphite

Sheet: 23.8 x 31.9 cm (9 3/8 x 12 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 30 x 39.9 cm (11 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.); Tertiary Support: 30.5 x 40 cm (12 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figures of Earth

Figures of Earth

1923 · lithograph in black with gray tint

image: 32.23 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night"

Study for "Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night"

1922 · charcoal and chalk on wove paper mounted to board

sheet: 45.4 × 33.66 cm (17 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.) board: 50.17 × 36.83 cm (19 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sweet Tremulous Leaves

Sweet Tremulous Leaves

1922 · oil on canvas

overall: 77.2 x 46.4 cm (30 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.) framed: 97.8 x 67.6 x 3.2 cm (38 1/2 x 26 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

1922 · aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nine Figures

1921 · watercolor and graphite on laid paper mounted to paperboard

sheet: 44.45 × 57.63 cm (17 1/2 × 22 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Four Figures

1921 · graphite and ink wash on fabric mounted to paperboard

sheet: 44.45 × 57.15 cm (17 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Recurrence

1921 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 36.2 × 44.45 cm (14 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.) sheet: 38.89 x 56.04 cm (15 5/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Circling Doves

1921 · transfer lithograph in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 41.28 × 35.24 cm (16 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.) sheet: 56.52 x 39.05 cm (22 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Twelve Men

1921 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 36.2 × 33.02 cm (14 1/4 × 13 in.) sheet: 55.88 x 37.47 cm (22 x 14 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Passing of Dreams

Passing of Dreams

1921 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image: 35.88 × 45.09 cm (14 1/8 × 17 3/4 in.) sheet: 38.89 x 55.88 cm (15 5/16 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bacchantes

1920 · lithograph in black

image: 16.3 × 12.9 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 17.7 × 13.5 cm (6 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seated Nude and a Foot

Seated Nude and a Foot

1920 · black and white chalk fixed with water bath on brown laid paper

overall (approximate): 33.5 x 31.7 cm (13 3/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figures of Earth

1920 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Release at the Gates

Release at the Gates

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 27.62 × 40.32 cm (10 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.) sheet: 38.1 x 55.88 cm (15 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Men in Agony

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 37.62 × 48.74 cm (14 13/16 × 19 3/16 in.) sheet: 37.47 x 55.88 cm (14 3/4 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bird Men

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 41.28 × 32.39 cm (16 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.) sheet: 56.04 x 37.47 cm (22 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Stir of Shadowed Melodies

Stir of Shadowed Melodies

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.) sheet: 56.04 x 37.78 cm (22 1/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nymphs of the Stream

Nymphs of the Stream

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 40.32 × 26.99 cm (15 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 53.34 x 37.78 cm (21 x 14 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Release at the Gates

Release at the Gates

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 26.67 × 39.37 cm (10 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.) sheet: 38.1 x 56.2 cm (15 x 22 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Orchard of Bounties

Orchard of Bounties

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 40.32 × 27.31 cm (15 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.) sheet: 51.44 x 38.42 cm (20 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Free of Clouds

1919 · lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper

image (irregular): 39.37 × 26.99 cm (15 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 55.88 x 37.94 cm (22 x 14 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

64 published of 306 catalogued · 295 with image

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56 published56 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published1 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 publishedof 133 catalogued130 img
+ 2 more sources · 110 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Echoes of Hellas
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Temple
1922 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Two Women Reading in a Field
1888 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Park at Saint Cloud near Paris
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Figures of Earth
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Kneeling Nude
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Standing Female Nude (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Female Nude (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

National Gallery of Art