Basketball Player

© The Estate of James Edward Davis

Basketball Player

Currently not on view

Basketball Player,

1942

James Edward Davis, 1901–1974; born Clarksburg, WV; died Princeton, NJ; active New York and Princeton
y1952-69

Information

Title
Basketball Player
Dates

1942

Maker
James Edward Davis
Medium
Oil on canvas board
Dimensions
53.4 x 35.4 cm (21 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist, Class of 1923
Object Number
y1952-69
Signatures
Signed and dated in ink, bottom center: James Edward Davis Dec. 4 - '42
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Subject
athletes, abstraction, basketball, figures (representations)

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