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Arthur B. DaviesSea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)1919
1919
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Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1919, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochoski 79, second state (of 3). Total edition unknown but small. In generally good condition (a repaired tear now unobtrusive upper center, soiling verso and in margins, slight toning in margins, nicks at paper edges). Printed in black on a green laid paper. With margins, 8 x 11 7/8, the sheet 9 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches.
A fine impression, with the several aquatint layers contrasting effectively against the greenish paper.
Czestochoski describes the first state as the image cut down focusing on the group of girls, with some aquatint on the girls, and the second state as the larger plate. Perhaps the first state impression (only one is documented) was made by blocking the right side of the plate while printing. (Ordinarily the first state would be the larger plate; the cutting down of the plate would be later - and then this impression would be a first state.)
This modernist/symbolist composition is one of Davies’s most popular; he rendered it in a drawing and oil as well.
- Creator:Arthur B. Davies (1862 - 1928, American)
- Creation Year:1919
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- Condition:Condition issues described are mostly in margins; the impression itself is quite fine.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU51531742573
Arthur B. Davies
Born in Utica, NY in 1962, Arthur Davies sold his first sculpture — a small, detailed sailboat carved with a pocketknife — at the age of 12 for $25. After the 1913 Armory Show, Davies began to regularly cast small bronze sculptures and reliefs from wood carvings, and later from clay. These pieces were carved from life on occasion but more often from sketches. As Bennard B. Perlman notes in The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies (1999), "experimentation in a three-dimensional medium was akin to his use of abstraction in painting, except that color was eliminated, allowing him to concentrate on the angular break up of shapes without the added complexity of considering hue, value, and intensity." Davies exhibited internationally, saw his work enter major public and private collections, and at the time of his death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized a large memorial exhibition. Today Davies’ artworks can be found in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago; National Gallery of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
(Biography provided by Driscoll Babcock Galleries)
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