Choral Sea

Arts of the Americas

1915

Arthur B. Davies (American, 1862–1928)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Arthur B. Davies
Title: Choral Sea
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1915
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Sign: A.B. Davies l.l.
Dimensions: 45.1 × 100 cm (17 × 39 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 1933.1189

Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago (1961) p. 117.

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Arthur B. Davies, Jan. 3–22, 1911, cat. 16.
Dallas Art Association, 4th Annual Exhibition, Nov. 14–24, 1923.
University of Chicago, Renaissance Society, Feb–Mar. 1929.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Exhibition of the Works by Arthur B. Davies, Feb. 17–Mar. 30, 1930, cat. 70 (ill.).
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Special Memorial Exhibition of Works by Arthur B. Davies, May 1–25, 1930, cat. 35.
Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 442.
Baltimore Museum of Art, A Survey of American Painting, Jan. 10–Feb. 28, 1934, cat. 13 (ill.).
Utica, New York, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Arthur B. Davies Centennial Exhibition, July 8–Aug. 26, 1962; Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept. 18–Oct. 17, 1962; Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Nov. 30–Dec. 26, 1962, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 11–Feb. , 1963; Cincinnati Museum of Art, Feb. 25–Mar. 25, 1963; City Art Museum of St. Louis, Apr. 3–May 5, 1963; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 23–June 23, 1963.

Mr. Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932) and Mrs. Carrie Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, by 1932; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

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