Standing Nude
Artist
Arthur Bowen Davies
(American, 1862–1928)
Dateabout 1920
Mediumcharcoal and white chalk on medium, smooth brown laid paper
Dimensions46.5 x 33.7 cm (18 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Briel
Object number1974.225
DescriptionAM/3/A-E Inscribed in graphite l.l., "f 2814." Stamped in black ink, l.l., "A.B. DAVIES/V.M.D./ESTATE."Label TextDavies was a magazine illustrator when he first visited Europe in the mid-1890s. He was inspired by ruins of ancient Pompeiian frescoes representing uninhibited nudes in lush gardens. Paintings by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes impelled Davies to create a personal Symbolist vision. His later enthusiasm for Isadora Duncan, the American doyenne of modern dance, invigorated his idyll of aesthetic life in an ancient time.ProvenanceA.B. Davies; Virginia Merriweather Davies;
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