About the Artwork
Fantasy of Nymphs
between late 19th and early 20th century
Arthur Bowen Davies
1862-1928
American
Unknown
Pencil and watercolor on illustration board
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (34.3 × 28.3 cm)
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Bequest of Elizabeth Hughes Gossett
F81.452
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, lower right in gray watercolor: A. B. DAVIES
Inscribed, on verso of mount window, in blue ink: --15 1/2 x 13 1/4--S-- 16 X 13 3/4--1/8 | 3847- R. Gallery-- 2 ply gold-ant- Pongee Silk 2" 6/6/63
Mark, on verso: "MONOGRAM" ILLUSTRATION BOARD, FAVOR, RUHL AND COMPANY label, q.v. Label, back of frame: aca Galleries | 25 East 73rd Street, New York 10021 - 212-628-2440 | ARTIST ARTHUR B. DAVIES NO. 69-100-12 | TITLE "Dancing Figures" | MEDIUM watercolor SIZE 9 x 11 1/4"
Provenance
Aca Galleries (New York, New York, USA). 1981-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Arthur Bowen Davies, Fantasy of Nymphs, between late 19th and early 20th century, pencil and watercolor on illustration board. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, F81.452.
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