Apparition

1914

Arthur B. Davies

Associated Names
Arthur B. Davies

Artist, American, 1862 - 1928

The image depicts two abstract figures. The first figure is seated with the upper body leaning back and the head turned to the left. The face has faint features and long dark hair. The second figure is positioned above and to the right, with similar features and possibly raising an arm. Both figures appear nude or minimally clothed. The background consists of etched lines and shades, providing a textured appearance. A signature at the bottom indicates the artist.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10 x 15 cm (3 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 18.5 x 23.6 cm (7 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.594

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Czestochowski 1987, no. 89

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1929

  • Price, Frederic Newlin. The Etchings and Lithographs of Arthur B. Davies. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929, no. 57.

1987

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. Arthur B. Davies: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1987, pp. 144-145, no. 89.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Arthur B. Davies; along bottom edge in graphite by unknown hand: 20 / Apparition / 57; along bottom edge verso in graphite by unknown hand: E3556/NX / Pr 57 Soft-ground & drypt [not deciphered] 15.1914

Wikidata ID

Q65507494

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