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At the Gates of Morning
ca. 192569 x 38 1/4 in. (175.3 x 97.2 cm)
Arthur B. Davies (aka Arthur Bowen Davies)
United States (Utica, NY, 1862 - 1928, Florence, Italy)
Object Type:
Textiles
Medium and Support:
Wool
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Niles Meriweather Davies
Accession Number:
1962.23
Location: Not currently on view
Arthur B. Davies was the driving force behind the 1913 Armory Show which introduced Americans to radical European abstract art, but his own style remained representational throughout his career. This tapestry of the artist’s signature lyrical nudes dancing in the landscape was one of 36 tapestries he designed and had woven by the famous Gobelins factories in France. Only six were sold during his lifetime; the rest were later destroyed in a fire.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Provenance
The artist; to his wife Dr. L. Virginia M. Davies; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Niles Meriwether Davies (son of the artist) to the Gallery in 1962
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Arthur B. Davies 2/17/1930 - 3/30/1930
- Textiles and Sculpture by Arthur B. Davies 1/15/1935 - 2/8/1935
- Riches for Rochester: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection 9/22/1965 - 10/31/1965
- A Sampling of Textiles Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 10/3/1975 - 11/2/1975
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Additions to the 20th Century Collections. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 28, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: May, June, 1963.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- A Sampling of Textiles. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1975.
- Article Scope: Mention. Joseph S. Czestochowski. The Works of Arthur B. Davies. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
- Article Scope: Entry. Textiles and Sculpture by Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928); Paintings by Robert Loftin Newman (1827-1912). New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1935.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Arthur B. Davies. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013