The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 22, 2023

Ocean Grove

before 1929

Arthur B. Davies

(American, 1862–1928)

America, 20th century

Watercolor and gouache over graphite

Support: On Academy chip board

Sheet: 13.4 x 32 cm (5 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)

Bequest of Gordon K. Mott 1998.309

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower center, in gray wash: A.B. DAVIES ; VERSO, accross top, in purple crayon: P-- 2 1/2 [go?]ld [illegible] ; center right, in graphite: 693 [boxed, sideways] ; center, in graphite: Recd 1-19-29 / Ocean Grove ; center, in red crayon: Recd 2nd time 2-19-29 ; lower left, in graphite: 1/2 [illegible][upside down] ; lower left, in graphite: 7364 [underlined]

Provenance
[WM Inc. (stamped, VERSO, upper left, in green ink: WM INC)]. Private collection, Ashtabula, OH (according to William Tragoning inventory of Mott collection). [Bonfoey Picture Framing Co., 1980]; purchased by Gordon Mott, 6-30-80 (according to William Tragoning inventory of Mott collection)
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.309