The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 23, 2023

Two Women Reading in a Field

1888

Arthur B. Davies

(American, 1862–1928)

America, 19th century

Watercolor and gouache over graphite (the figures)

Support: Cream (3) wove paper

Sheet: 26.7 x 48.2 cm (10 1/2 x 19 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1938.61

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in black ink: A.B.Davies . 88 . ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: ["]In the fragrant days of June" ; center, in black ink: W. le. 437

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Arthur B. Davies Centennial. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (organizer) (July 8-August 26, 1962); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (September 18-October 17, 1962); Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY (November 30-December 26, 1962); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (January 11-February 10, 1963); The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (February 25-March 25, 1963); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (April 3-May 5, 1963); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (May 25-July 13, 1963).

America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1938.61