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The Riviera,
ca. 1925
Arthur Bowen Davies, 1862–1928; born Utica, NY; died Florence, Italy
1997-473
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 cool effects of the overcast sky in the beach scene.
Information
Title
The Riviera
Dates
ca. 1925
Maker
Medium
Gouache and blue crayon
Dimensions
31.5 x 24 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
mount: 38.3 x 30.3 cm (15 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Remak Ramsay, Class of 1958
Object Number
1997-473
Place Depicted
Europe, France, French Riviera
Signatures
Stamped signature in ink, on mount lower right: Arthur B. Davies
Inscription
Inscribed, on verso lower right: The Riviera
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Sale, Christie's, March 10, 1989, lot 279 [handwritten note on card: "sold for $2,400"] (See reference Bib. 5194);
- American watercolors, drawings, paintings and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries ... Friday, March 10, 1989, (New York: Christie's Publications, 1989)., lot 279
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., p. 183
- 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. 335, checklist no. 763 (illus.)
