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Château Langeais, Touraine,
ca. 1924
Arthur Bowen Davies, 1862–1928; born Utica, NY; died Florence, Italy
x1959-9
Best known for his symbolist-inspired Arcadian landscapes, the painter and designer Arthur B. Davies was also the prime mover of the Armory Show of 1913, which introduced American audiences to a selective sampling of modernist art. This lyrical watercolor of specific French settings date from late in Davies’s career, when he traveled frequently to southern Europe for health reasons. Like most of his watercolors from this period, this is composed over colored paper, which intensifies the rosy twilight backdrop to the chateau.
Information
Title
Château Langeais, Touraine
Dates
ca. 1924
Maker
Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite
Dimensions
24.1 x 31.5 cm (9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908
Object Number
x1959-9
Place Depicted
Europe, France, Indre-et-Loire, Château de Langeais
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower left: AB Davies
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Handwritten notes: “probably late 20s”;
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"Recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 20, no. 1 (1961): p. 24-27.
, p. 25 - John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 40, fig. 37; p. 329, checklist no. 677
