Jo Davidson (1883-1952) Doughboy inscribed 'JO DAVIDSON' (along the base) and stamped with foundry mark 'CIRE / C.VALSUANI / PERDUE' (along the base) bronze with dark brown patina 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm.) high
*NO SHIPPING! - PICKUP OR THIRD PARTY TRANSPORT ONLY* Bronze bust of a cowboy by American artist Jo Davidson. In VG condition, mounted on a marble column base. Signed J. Davidson on back of bronze. Overall measures 19.5" tall. Jo Davidson (1883-1952) specialized in realistic, intense portrait busts, Davidson did not require his subjects to formally pose for him; rather, he observed and spoke with them. He worked primarily with clay, while the final products were typically cast in terra-cotta or bronze, or carved from marble.
*NO SHIPPING! - PICKUP OR THIRD PARTY TRANSPORT ONLY* Bronze bust of a Native American Medicine Man by American artist Jo Davidson. In VG condition, mounted on a marble column base. Signed J. Davidson on back of bronze. Overall measures 19.5" tall. Jo Davidson (1883-1952) specialized in realistic, intense portrait busts, Davidson did not require his subjects to formally pose for him; rather, he observed and spoke with them. He worked primarily with clay, while the final products were typically cast in terra-cotta or bronze, or carved from marble.
Jo Davidson (1883-1952) - A brown patinated bronze group, seated couple embracing, signed, 19cm high Prov - Dr Maury Liebovitz, Knoedler Gallery, New York
Patinated bronze bust depicting the Spanish Anti-Fascism orator Dolores Ibarruri. Titled Pasionaria and signed Jo Davidson (American 1883-1952 worked in France also) copyright 1938. Comes with papers with info on Ibarruri. 10.5 in high by 11 wide.
Property from The Wolf Family Collection Jo Davidson 1883 - 1952 Portrait of a Boy inscribed Jo Davidson / Paris 1923 (on the side); stamped Cire / C. Valsuani / Perdue (on the reverse) bronze height: 13 in. (on a 5 in. marble base) height: 33 cm. (on a 12.7 cm. marble base) Conceived in 1923.
A Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952) bronze bust of President Woodrow Wilson modeled at the White House in June of 1916. Signed "Jo Davidson" on back. 8" x 9". Marked "June, 1916" and inscribed "modeled at the White House" with the C. Valsuari foundry mark and "cire perdu" stamp. It is also marked "C13." No. 13 of 16 smaller copies. The only other artist Wilson sat for was John Singer Sargent. Davidson's was the only sculpture. Jo Davidson was a Jewish American sculptor know for his realistic portrait busts. Winner of the Maynard Prize by the National Academy of Design in 1934, Davidson created sculpture busts of some of the most personalities such as Charlie Chaplain, Gertrude Stein and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover. Provenance: From an original in plaster, a life-sized bronze was cast now displayed prominently in the Woodrow Wilson House Museum, National Trust Property, Washington, D. C.
A Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952) bronze bust of President Woodrow Wilson modeled at the White House in June of 1916. Signed "Jo Davidson" on back. 8" x 9". Marked "June, 1916" and inscribed "modeled at the White House" with the C. Valsuari foundry mark and "cire perdu" stamp. It is also marked "C13." No. 13 of 16 smaller copies. The only other artist Wilson sat for was John Singer Sargent. Davidson's was the only sculpture. Jo Davidson was a Jewish American sculptor know for his realistic portrait busts. Winner of the Maynard Prize by the National Academy of Design in 1934, Davidson created sculpture busts of some of the most personalities such as Charlie Chaplain, Gertrude Stein and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover. Provenance: From an original in plaster, a life-sized bronze was cast now displayed prominently in the Woodrow Wilson House Museum, National Trust Property, Washington, D. C.
Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952), vintage bronze bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed and dated 1934, 10" H overall. Provenance: Malden, Massachusetts collection.
Joseph "Jo" Davidson (American, 1883-1952) Cast by Roman Bronze Works Bust of a Chicago Lady, 1913 cast bronze on marble base signed and dated J. Davidson 1913; further inscribed Chicago and Roman Bronze Works Height overall 18 inches. This lot is located in Chicago.
Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952) Bronze bust of President Woodrow Wilson modeled at the White House in June of 1916. Signed "Jo Davidson" on the back, the bust is 8 inches tall and 9 inches wide. Marked "June, 1916", and inscribed "modeled at the White House", with the C. Valsuari foundry mark and "cire perdu" stamp. It is also marked "C13".No. 13 of 16 smaller copies. Few of Davidson's efforts were more widely admired than his portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, done from Life while he worked in the Oval Office in June, 1916. The only other artist Wilson sat for was John Singer Sargent. Davidson's was the only sculpture. From an original in plaster, a life-sized bronze was cast now displayed prominently in the Woodrow Wilson House Museum, National Trust Property, Washington, D. C. Jo Davidson was a Jewish American sculptor know for his realistic portrait busts. Winner of the Maynard Prize by the National Academy of Design in 1934, Davidson created sculpture busts of some of the most personalities such as Charlie Chaplain, Gertrude Stein and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover.
(France/New York, 1883-1952) Regard, seated nude, 1909, signed on naturalistic base "J. Davidson/Paris 1909", patinated bronze, 13-1/4 x 8 x 10 in.Note: This beautifully sensitive bronze was sculpted in 1909, the same year Davidson married his wife, Yvonne, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney found him a studio near hers in New York, where she helped him get his start through commissions. In 1913, he participated in the Armory show that introduced modernism to America. It was in the 1920s that he became very popular with luminaries for commissioned portraits. His work is represented well in major museums with over sixty in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. He was associated with many including Gertrude Stein, Helen Keller, Pablo Picasso, Will Rogers, John Marin, and many other renowned individuals of the first half of the twentieth century. Provenance: Private Collection
Jo (Joseph) Davidson French/American, 1883-1952 L'espair Bronze Signed to the base. Art Nouveau style nude standing with arms thrown out, mounted to a short marble base; C.Valsuani Cire Perdue foundry mark.
"Abraham Lincoln", 1943, bronze sculpture, signed and dated on collar back, with gold rubbed finish, mounted on a black marble base, bronze only: 8 3/4" high, base: 4 1/2" x 3 3/4". Good condition.
Davidson, Jo (New York, 1883-1952). Bronze sculpture of a woman looking upwards and grabbing her head while her proper right foot is propped on a step. Signed and dated "Jo Davidson Paris 1912" on base. 22 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 7 3/8". Condition: Base is cracked with abrasions.
Signed and dated at nape of neck: "Davidson - Wash 1934", atop a cubic black lacquered wood base. Very good plus. Minor scratching to plinth. Artist: Davidson, Jo (American, 1883-1952) Medium: Bronze Date: 1934 Signed Measurements: w 4.25 in x h 8.5 in x d 5 in
Jo Davidson (1883-1952 New York) Franklin Roosevelt Small Bronze Bust on Metal base, 1934. Cast by A. GREHBERGER CO. CHICAGO. Label on base reads 'Young Democratic Clubs of America'. Overall measurements are 10x4x6'' and sculpture with base weighs 3.5 lbs. Overall very good condition some dents and small casting cracks in base and one near eye.
Jo (Joseph) Davidson (Amer. / NY 1883-1952). An appealing still life painting. The work is w/c on paper and is signed and dated (1940). The painting is framed in a fine Kulicke carved and gilt frame (Kulicke label, verso) under glass. Jo Davidson is well known as a sculptor, however he was also a talented and accomplished watercolorist and painter. Measures: 17'' X 18'' (Exterior) 8'' X 9'' (Sight)
Bronze Bust by Jo Davidson, American (1882-1952). "La Pasionaria" (Dolores Ibarruri). Signed and Dated 1938. Mounted on Metal Base. Condition: Generally Very Good Condition. Dimensions: Total H: 10.25" L: 10.5" W: 5.5". Provenance: From a Sutton Place Town House, NY City. Please note the absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with this lot. Please contact us for a detailed condition report.
Jo (Joseph) Davidson American, 1883-1952 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1916 Signed and dated JO DAVIDSON / NY 1916 on the back of sitter's left shoulder Bronze with a brown patina, cast circa 1982 Height 23 inches (58.4 cm) Provenance: Richard Mellon Scaife (1932-2014), Ligonier, PA Sale, Clars Auction, Oakland, CA, Aug. 23, 2015 Private collection, New York, NY Literature: American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 2, p. 705, no. 346, illus. of another cast Another cast of this model is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was a gift of Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz, 1982, who had acquired the estate of the artist. C
VERY RARE JO DAVIDSON WWII SCULPTURE 1942. Comprising a large polychromed plaster figural grouping by American sculptor Jo Davidson (1883-1952) executed in 1942 and commemorating the June 1942 Massacre of citizens from the village of Lidice, ultimately resulting in 340 deaths. The sculpture was created the same year as a maquette for a future bronze which was never cast. It dramatically depicts five figures, two of whom lay lifeless on the ground, next to which stand a father and mother with distraught albeit resolute expressions and with a child clinging to the mother. The large and intense sculpture finely modeled in full round and the base inscribed "JO DAVIDSON 1942." Height 27 inches, width 28 inches, depth 25 inches. Literature: Between Sittings, an informal autobiography of Jo Davidson, The Dial Press, New York, 1951, where illustrated on page 279 and discussed by the artist on pages 332-333. Lot is accompanied by a copy of this book. In his book, Davison discusses the offered lot: This was the year Hitler destroyed the town of Lidice in Czechoslovakia. Clifton Fadiman, of the Writers' War Board, asked me to do a group depicting the tragedy. The Writers' War Board had organized the "Lidice Lives" Committee to keep alive the memory of the village which Hitler had boasted would soon be forgotten. Clifton Fadiman's request was indeed a challenge. I did a group portraying a man of the village facing his Nazi executioners; a woman and child are by his side, and those already shot are on the ground. I tried to express in the group the defiant resignation of the victims of that atrocious massacre. For models, I used my gardener's son Vincent for the boy, my Florence for the woman, and Angelo my assistant for the living and the dead men. I had only three weeks to do the group in, but it was completed and cast in plaster in time for the scheduled showing at the Associated American Artists Galleries. (pages 332-333) The Lidice massacre was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic, in June 1942 on orders from Adolf Hitler and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. In reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in the late spring of 1942, all 173 men from the village who were over 15 years of age were executed on 10 June 1942. A further 11 men from the village who were not present at the time, were later arrested and executed soon afterwards, along with several others who were already under arrest. The 184 women and 88 children were deported to concentration camps; a few children who were considered racially suitable and thus eligible for Germanisation were handed over to SS families, and the rest were sent to the Che?mno extermination camp, where they were gassed. The Associated Press, quoting German radio transmissions which it received in New York, said: "All male grownups of the town were shot, while the women were placed in a concentration camp, and the children were entrusted to appropriate educational institutions." About 340 people from Lidice died because of the German reprisal (192 men, 60 women and 88 children) and after the war ended, only 53 women and 17 children returned. SHIPPING NOTICE: Jackson's is your sole and only source for one stop packing and shipping. With over 50 years of experience, our professional, affordable and efficient in-house shipping department will be happy to provide you a fair and reasonable shipping quote on this lot. Simply email us before the auction for a quick quote: shipping@jacksonsauction.com or call 1-800-665-6743. Jackson's can expertly pack and ship to meet any of your needs. To ensure quality control Jackson's DOES NOT release to third party shippers.
Jo (Joseph) Davidson (Amer. / NY 1883-1952). An appealing still life painting. The work is w/c on paper and is signed and dated (1940). The painting is framed in a fine Kulicke carved and gilt frame (Kulicke label, verso) under glass. Jo Davidson is well known as a sculptor, however he was also a talented and accomplished watercolorist and painter. Measures: 17'' X 18'' (Exterior) 8'' X 9'' (Sight)
a large maquette by Jo Davidson (1883-1952) of a Sculpture Memorial to the Massacre at Lidice, Czecheslovakia in 1942. Measurements: 27 1/2" tall, base is approximately 29" x 26" x 1 1/2". **Please note: the images of Jo Davidson's autobiography are for research/catalog purposes only. The book is not included as part of this lot.
Davidson, Jo (1883-1952) La Pasionaria, Isidora Dolores Ibarruri Gomez (1938) Description (FR): Sculpture en régule couvert de bronze, titrée à l'avant, signée et datée au dos Jo Davidson, Barcelona 1938. Dolores Ibarruri était une héroine de la guerre civile espagnole. Description (EN): Sculpture made of spelter covered with bronze, titled on the front, signed and dated on the back Jo Davidson, Barcelona ??1938. Isidora Dolores was an heroine from the Spanish Civil War. Dimension (PO): 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 5" Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Jo Davidson (1883 - 1952) bronze bust of Nathan E. Brill (1860 - 1924), inscription verso "N.E. Brill Jo Davidson 1925", signed on verso.height 22 inches. Provenance: The New York Academy of Medicine.
Jo Davidson (American/French, 1883-1952) Franklin D. Roosevelt bronze sculpture, signed "Jo Davidson, Washington 1934", stamped "A.C. Rehberger, Chicago". [Sculpture: 5 x 3 1/2 inches; Base: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches].
Plaque 18.5" in diameter. So called "Gallant Ship" award, given to ships which perform gallant actions to save lives or property at sea. Signed lower right, "Jo Davidson 1944".
Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952) Bronze Bust Dolores Ibarruri. Dated 1938 Titled La Pasionaria, Isidora Dolores Ibarruri Gomez, known as La Pasionaria was a Spanish Republican heroine of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician of Basque origin, known for her famous slogan, No Pasaran, during the Battle for Madrid in November 1936. Measures 10.3 inches high, 10.6 inches wide. In good condition. From Spartacus-Educational: Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (9 December 1895 – 12 November 1989) – known as "La Pasionaria" (English: "the Passionflower") – was a Spanish Republican heroine of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician of Basque origin, known for her famous slogan ¡No Pasarán! ("They shall not pass") during the Battle for Madrid in November 1936. She joined the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) when it was founded in 1921. In the 1930s, she became a writer for the PCE publication Mundo Obrero and in February 1936 was elected to the Cortes Generales as a PCE deputy for Asturias. After her exile from Spain at the end of the Civil War, she was appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Spain, a position she held from 1942 to 1960. She was then named honorary president of the PCE, a post she held for the rest of her life. Upon her return to Spain in 1977, she was re-elected as a deputy to the Cortes for the same region she had represented under the Second Republic. Dolores Ibárruri, the eighth of eleven children, was born in Gallarta, Spain, on 9th December, 1895. Ibárruri was born into a family of miners, Ibárruri experienced poverty as a child. Although an intelligent student, her family could not afford to pay for her to be trained as a teacher and instead became a seamstress. In 1916 she married a miner and had six children but only two survived to adulthood. She later wrote that they had died because of her inability to provide adequate medical care and nourishment for them. The family's financial situation deteriorated when her husband, an active trade unionist, was imprisoned for leading a strike. After reading the works of Karl Marx, Ibárruri joined the Communist Party (PCE). Ibárruri wrote articles for the miners' newspaper, El Minero Vizcaino, using the pseudonym Pasionaria (passion flower). In 1920 Ibárruri was elected to the Provincial Committee of the Basque Communist Party. She soon became an important local political figure and in 1930 was elected to the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party. The following year she became editor of the left-wing newspaper, Mundo Obrero. Over the next few years she used her position to campaign for an improvement in women's conditions in Spain. In September 1931 Ibárruri was arrested and charged with hiding a Communist comrade on the run from the Civil Guard. After being held in prison in Bilbao she was released in January 1932. She was then re-arrested and held in prison until January 1933. Ibárruri was a member of the Spanish delegation of the Communist International which met in the Soviet Union in 1933. She also attended meetings of the Comintern where she supported what became known as the Popular Front policy. Concerned by the emergence of fascism in Italy and Germany, Ibárruri helped organize the World Committee of Women Against War and Fascism and was a delegate at its first conference in France in August 1934. In 1936 Ibárruri, now known by everybody as (La Pasionaria), was elected to the Cortes. During the first few months as a deputy she campaigned for legislation to improve working, housing and health conditions. She also sought land reform and rights for trade unionists. Ibárruri also successfully negotiated the release of several political prisoners in Spain. During the Spanish Civil War Ibárruri was the chief propagandist for the Republicans. On 18th July, 1936, she ended a radio speech with the words: "The fascists shall not pass! No Pasaran". This phrase eventually became the battle cry for the Republican Army. In another speech she declared at a meeting for women: "It is better to be the widows of heroes than the wives of cowards!" From Wikipedia: Dolores Ibárruri was born to a Basque miner and a Castillian mother. She grew up in Gallarta, but later moved to Somorrostro (Biscay). Gallarta was next to a large siderite mine which became the second-most important in Europe in the 1970s and which shut down permanently in 1993. She attended the municipal school as soon as she could talk. The curriculum was basic and mainly religious; discipline was harsh. Outside she and the other children sang revolutionary ditties, played pranks and took part in rival gang fights. A willful child, she was taken at the age of ten by her mother to the Church of San Felicisimo in Deusto to be exorcized. Ibárruri left school at fifteen after spending two years preparing for teacher's college at the encouragement of the schoolmistress. Her parents could not afford further education, so she went to work as a seamstress and later as a housemaid. She became a waitress in the town of Arboleda, the most important urban nucleus in the region of Somorrostro. There she met Julián Ruiz Gabiña, union activist and founder of Socialist Youth of Somorrostro. They married in late 1915, two years after the birth of their first child. The young couple participated in the general strike of 1917 and Ruiz returned to jail. During this time, Ibárruri spent nights reading the works of Karl Marx and others found in the library of the Socialist Workers' Centre in Somorrostro. Ibárruri wrote her first article in 1918 for the miners' newspaper, El Minero Vizcaíno. The article came out during Holy Week and focused on religious hypocrisy, at odds with the Passion of Christ. Because of the article's theme and its timing, she signed it with the alias "Pasionaria." In 1920 Ibárruri and the Workers' Centre joined the budding Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and she was named a member of the Provincial Committee of the Basque Communist Party. After ten years of grassroots militancy, she was appointed to the Central Committee of the PCE in 1930. During this time, Ibárruri had six children. Of her five girls, four died very young. She "used to relate how her husband made a small coffin out of a crate of fruit." Her son, Rubén, died at twenty-two in the Battle of Stalingrad. The remaining child, Amaya, outlived her mother. In 2008 Amaya resided in the working-class neighbourhood of Ciudad Lineal in Madrid
Davidson, Jo (American, 1883-1952). "Nude Dancer." 1915. Pastel and chalk drawing. Signed and dated in blue pastel, l.r. Image: 7 3/4" x 9 3/16" Framed: 14 3/8" x 15 3/8" Condition: Under glass, not examined out of frame.
Jo Davidson American/French, 1883-1952 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1934 Signed Jo Davidson and dated 1934 Ceramic composite with bronze patina on stone base Height with base 9 inches Estates of J. Robert and Gladys Rosenthal
Jo Davidson (American, 1883-1952) Abraham Lincoln (bust), 1943 bronzed metal signed, raised on a slate plinth 4 1/2"w x 4"d x 10"h (overall) Provenance: Property from the Collection of Governor Jim Thompson, Chicago, Illinois
(American, 1883-1952). Black painted metal base inset with bronze plaque inscribed "Dolores Ibarrari, Pasionaria;" the reverse signed "Davidson, Barcelone, 1938, with copyright mark, 10 1/4 in. H.
JO DAVIDSON American (1883-1952) Abraham Lincoln bronze, signed "Jo Davidson" and dated "1945" on the base. 9 3/4"H Provenance: Private Collection, New York. Other Notes: Tags: Historical, Bust, Sculpture
Jo Davidson (1883-1952, NY, France) bronze standing figure of the actor William Penn Adair Rogers wearing a suit with his hands in his jacket pockets; the base is inscribe with the quote "I never met a man I didn't like, Will Rogers", foundry stamp "C. Roussel Founders, NYC" and signed "Jo Davidson" copyright "1982, WRMC". In good condition, has a nice medium brown patina.12 in. high x 3.25 in. wide x 3.25 in. deep. Weight: 4.25 lbs.
Franklin Roosevelt bust by Jo Davidson (American, 1883 - 1952), bronze finish over white metal, signed in the casting "Jo Davidson. Wash. 1934", founders mark on neckline "A. GREHBERGER CO. CHICAGO", on a stepped metal base with black finish and inlaid plaque, bust detaches from base, loss of finish, old repairs, heavy loss of finish to base, as found, bust height: 5", stand height 4 1/2" h.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: PORTRAIT BUST, BROADSIDES, CAMPAIGN BUTTONS a collection of 14 items about or related to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. incl. bronzed composite portrait bust of Roosevelt on stone stand after Jo Davidson (1883-1952). Inscribed on reverse: "Jo Davidson, Wash., 1968." This version is modeled on a larger bronze bust that was sculpted by the artist in 1933, during Roosevelt’s first term in office, and installed in Four Freedoms Park in New York City. Approx. 9 1/2 x 5 in. Sold with 9 pin back campaign buttons incl. one for "The Constitutionalists" with slogan "No Third Term." Broadsides for The New Deal, "My Choice for President" by Fiorello H. La Guardia,"Delegates Attention!" and "Traitor's Three." (14)
JO DAVIDSON (AMERICAN, 1883-1952) Man reading a newspaper; Three figures in conversation (group of 2) each bearing stamped signature and artist’s device (lower right) first pencil on paper affixed to board; second charcoal on paper affixed to board first 6 x 4 5/8 in; second 8 x 4 7/8 in
Davidson, Jo. Lincoln, Abraham. Bronze Bust by Jo Davidson. A remarkable bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, by renowned American sculpture, Jo Davidson (1883-1952). Bust measures 10 x 4 1/2" with marble base and is in mint condition. On collar of coat at nape of neck can be found the artist's stamp dated 1943. Considered one of the "Young American Artists of the Modern School" in the early 1900s, Davidson's reputation was secured in 2006 when the National Portrait Gallery opened a permanent exhibit of his work,"Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze," with 14 works in bronze and terra-cotta on display. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500
7 works of Franklin D. Roosevelt- 1.) Jo Davidson (American 1883-1952)- bronze sculpture, signed; 2.) Julien Gosselin- cast plaster medallion, signed; 3.) & 4.) Guirereni- 2 bronze relief medallion; 5.) Margaret Levy (American 20th c.)- bronze relief plaque, 1933, signed and dated; 6.) Peruggi- bronze relief medallion, 1943, signed and dated; and 7.) U.S. Patriotic Society- bronze relief plaque; various sizes.
