Blue Acrobat

© The Estate of James Edward Davis

Blue Acrobat

Currently not on view

Blue Acrobat,

1929

James Edward Davis, 1901–1974; born Clarksburg, WV; died Princeton, NJ; active New York and Princeton
y1964-160

Information

Title
Blue Acrobat
Dates

1929

Maker
James Edward Davis
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 53.5 cm (25 9/16 × 21 1/16 in.) frame: 83.8 × 72.4 × 6.7 cm (33 × 28 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert Sperry Lindsay
Object Number
y1964-160
Signatures
Signed and dated, recto lower right: Davis '29 Titled, signed, and dated diagonally across upper back: Acrobat / J. E. Davis / Dec. 19 '29
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Subject
figures (representations), men, acrobats

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