W. Glen Davis Halftone of Pittsburgh Viewed From River

Item Details

W. Glen Davis (Western Pennsylvania, 20th century)
Untitled (Pittsburgh viewed from river), circa 2000
Halftone on paper
Unsigned
Artist name stamped to the verso

W. Glen Davis was an original member of the modern art Outlines Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh, which was started by Betty Rockwell in 1941. In addition, he was a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and a founding member of the Art and Crafts Center, Society of Sculptors, and the Abstract Group. During the 1940s, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant (French, 1886-1966), founder of the Purist Movement and the Ozenfant School of Fine Arts in New York. Davis’s work was also exhibited at the first post-war survey of Abstract and Surrealist American art held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the winter of 1947-8.

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Condition

- minor scratches to print and paper; light discoloration and accretions to the margins of paper, most visibly to the lower left; minor creases to the lower-left corner of paper; negligible creases to paper at the edges of the sheet.

Dimensions

- measurements of sheet; image measures 16.5" W x 9.0" H.

Item #

ITMG983879