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Figure in Glass

1916-1917

Arthur B. Davies

Associated Names

Arthur B. Davies

Artist, American, 1862 - 1928

The image shows an abstract composition of angular lines and sharp shapes that creates the outline of a seated human figure. The artwork resembles the style of cubist art with intersecting lines and overlapping planes. The figure's face and limbs are suggested through the arrangement of shapes, giving the impression of fragmented light on a surface or a puzzle.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 15.5 × 13.6 cm (6 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 30.9 × 21.3 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1392
Catalogue Raisonné

Czestochowski 1987, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 6.

Inscriptions

loewr right in graphite: A.B.D.-

Wikidata ID

Q76443136

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