Lew E. Davis

Lot 9: * Lew Davis, (American, 1910-1979), Eight Figures, 1935

Name: * Lew Davis, (American, 1910-1979), Eight Figures, 1935
Brand: Hindman
SKU: 5148507182

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USDSold:

HindmanChicago, IL, USSeptember 24, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Lew Davis
(American, 1910-1979)
Eight Figures, 1935
oil on masonite
signed Lew E. Davis, titled and dated (upper left)
30 x 48 inches.

Artist or Maker

Lew E. Davis

Condition Report

minimal concentration of surface scratches in upper left corner and lower center, revealing painted red ground

Framed: 31 x 49 inches.

Notes

Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois

Provenance:
Senator William Benton, New York, New York
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited:
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 15th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, March-May 1937
Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, 48th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, January-March 1944
Chicago, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art, Solitude: Inner Visions in American Art, September-December 1982, no. 33
New York, Gallery 1199; Boston, Massachusetts, Boston University Art Gallery; Anchorage, Alaska, Achorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum; Laurel, Mississippi, Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art; Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; and West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery and School of Art, Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting of the 1930s, 1983-1984, no. 6, illustrated p. 39

Auction Details

American and European Art

Hindman

September 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CST

1338 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, US

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