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)
'Log Cabin', New York Armory Show, Ashcan School, ASL, NYMOMA, AIC, LACMA
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, lower right, 'Arthur B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1928) inscribed, 'Per NMD' and created circa 1900. Born in Utica, New York, Arthur Davies att...
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
"Doorway to Illusion" original etching
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original softground etching and aquatint. Executed in 1919, this impression on laid paper was printed ca. 1929. Plate size: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (196 x 167 mm). Sheet size: 1...
Etching
"Landscape, Catskills" Arthur B. Davies, Modernist, Impressionist, New York
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies Landscape, Catskills, circa 1910 Oil on canvas laid on panel 3 3/4 x 6 inches Provenance Sotheby's Arcade, New York Private Collection, New York Arthur B. Davies ...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
'Lida & the Swan', New York Armory Show, Ashcan School, ASL, NYMOMA, AIC, LACMA
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Arthur B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1928) and created circa 1915. An early twentieth-century sugar-lift aquatint showing Zeus in the guise...
Paper, Aquatint
Round of Summer (aka Four Figures), First State Proof
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Round of Summer (aka Four Figures), soft ground etching, 1919, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 91, first state (of 3), trial proo...
Etching
Against Green
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Against Green (also Three Figure Composition, Figures Against Green), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1918, signed in pencil lower right; also titled ...
Etching, Aquatint
By the Sea (aka Idyll)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), By the Sea (aka Idyll), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1919, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 72, fourth state (of 5; see disc...
Etching, Aquatint
Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
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...
Etching, Aquatint
Up-Rising
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies, Up-Rising, soft ground etching and aquatint on a cream laid paper, 1919, signed in pencil lower right margin. Reference: Czestochowski 78, second state (of 3). In g...
Etching, Aquatint
Amber Garden
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Amber Garden (Hand Raised, Autumn Mist), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1919, signed in pencil lower right margin. Referen...
Etching, Aquatint
'Mighty Oak', New York Armory Show, Ashcan School, ASL, NYMOMA, AIC, LACMA
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, lower right, 'Arthur B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1928) and created circa 1900. Previously with: Gallery Clinton Lindley, Ltd. (from label, vers...
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Graphite
'Gorges of the Tarn, France', New York Armory, Ashcan School, ASL, AIC, NYMoMA
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Titled lower right, 'Gorges of the Tarn' and painted circa 1905. Unsigned. American Master's Gallery label, verso, with artist's name, 'A. B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (Americ...
Paper, Watercolor
Study of an Indian Model
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of an Indian Model Unsigned Pastel and chalk on blue paper, mounted to support Provenance: Estate of the artist (per Graham and Sons, agent for the estate) James Graham & Sons,...
Chalk, Pastel
"Cloud Study"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of Summer cloud study. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in Utica, New York, Ar...
Watercolor
Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure), 1918, soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 59, second state (of 3). In v...
Etching, Aquatint
Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake), drypoint and aquatint on zinc, 1916, signed with the estate stamp lower right. Reference: Price 2...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Girl Running (or Woman Running)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Girl Running (or Woman Running), drypoint, 1917, signed in pencil (twice) lower left and dated lower right. Reference: Czes...
Drypoint
Tartessians
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Tartessians, soft ground etching with aquatint, 1919-20, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 96, second state (of 2), total printing ...
Etching, Aquatint
Baptism (or, Group of Ten Men – One Seated)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Baptism (or, Group of Ten Men – One Seated), drypoint on zinc, 1917, signed in pencil , printed in black on very thin laid paper. In very good condition...
Drypoint
Afternoon
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Afternoon, transfer lithograph, 1920, signed in pencil lower left. Reference: Czestochowski 188, only state, from the edition of 25 (another 300 unsigne...
Lithograph
"Mountain Landscape"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of a mountain landscape. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in Utica, New...
Watercolor
"Summer Clouds"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of mountain landscape with summer clouds. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in...
Watercolor
Torment
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Torment, soft ground etching with aquatint and roulette, 1919-20, signed with the estate stamp lower right, and signed by the printer Frank A. Nankivell...
Etching, Aquatint
$700
H 14 in W 14 in
"Eastern Plains of Colorado" By Sparky LeBold, Colorado Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Eastern Plains of Colorado" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a beautiful handmade oil painting that depicts a view of the vast green plains of Colorado, with the famed su...
Oil, Panel
$1,442
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Jean Gabriel Domergue - Lying Woman - Original Etching
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Etching by Jean-Gabriel Domergue Dimensions: 33 x 25 cm 1924 Edition of 100 This artwork is part of the famous portfolio The Afternoon of a Faun. Jean-Gabriel Domergue Jea...
Lithograph
$2,224
H 15.16 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...
Etching
$275
H 8.15 in W 11.03 in
Italian Stone Pine along a rocky outcropping - English School, 19th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
A Grand Tour image of the Alps. English School, 19th century C1840. Graphite and ink and wash in sepia and brown ink on two sheets of heavyweight wove paper, 8 1/8 x 11 inches (207 x...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Graphite
$3,125
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum Signed in the plate References : Field 67-4 (p. 3...
Etching
$3,125
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Cut Cucumber - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cut Cucumber - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
$3,850
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper
By Francisco Goya
Located in Soquel, CA
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper 5th or 8th edition print of "Que pico de Oro" from the Los Caprichos with burnished aquatints, drypoints etchi...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper
Vases grecs (Greek Vases) – English School, Early 20th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderful study of Grecian vases at the Louvre. English School, early 20th century c1910. Watercolor and ink light wove paper, 9 1/4 x 6 inches (235 x 152 mm), the full sheet. In v...
Handmade Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
$25,000
H 13 in W 17.52 in
Chez la pythie-harpye. Homme au masque de minotaure et femme au masque de sculpt
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Chez la pythie - harpye. Homme au masque de minotaure et femme au masque de sculpteur, 1934 Aqua[nt and etching on Montval laid paper 13 x 17 1⁄2 inches ; 3...
Etching, Aquatint
Playing Under The Trees
By Will Howe Foote
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist scene of a family playing under the trees near a stone wall by American artist Will Howe Foote (1874-1965). Foote was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan w...
Oil, Panel
Owl - Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is an original black and white etching realized in 1972 by Leo Guida. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin. Edition of 11/30. Includes frame: 80 x 2.5 x 59 ...
Etching, Aquatint
Drawing of a decorative iron screen housed in the Louvre.
Located in Middletown, NY
A Grand Tour study of a decorative object at the Louvre. English School, early 20th century Graphite on light wove paper, 9 1/4 x 6 inches (235 x 152 mm), the full sheet. In very goo...
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Sold
H 5.63 in Dm 5.63 in
Arthur B. Davies, Lunette (also titled Three Women, Circular)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
The enigmatic Arthur B. Davies was an early proponent of American Modernism. In particular work on paper from the early part of the twentieth century is increasing hard to locate. ...
Drypoint
Gathering by the Sea
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Utica, New York in 1862, Arthur Davies was an avant-garde modernist, well known for his ethereal portrayals of female nudes. Davies studied at the Chicago Academy of Design, ...
Oil, Board
Doorway to Illusion
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Doorway to Illusion, soft-ground etching with aquatint printed in colors, 1919, signed by the printer Frank A. Nankivell lower left and with the estate...
Etching, Aquatint
RUDDY SUMMER
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ARTHUR B. (Bowen) DAVIES (1862- 1928) RUDDY SUMMER 1919 (Price 54, CZ.388) Etching and soft ground. Signed in pencil. Edition 20. Excellent condition. 9 ¾ x 7 7/8 inches. $975 Ashcan artists
Etching
Doorway to Illusion
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original soft ground etching and aquatint by American artist Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), titled "Doorway to Illusion", 1919, iii/iiii (1929 printing). A posthumous edition of (i...
Aquatint, Etching