Lois Davis Original Female Nude Figure Study

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An original watercolor and ink figure study by Indiana artist Lois Davis (b. 1924). A nude female sits with her hands over her knees. Accented in ink at gray and white watercolor. Signed in ink lower right. Partial study verso. Unframed.

Lois Davis was born in La Porte, Indiana in 1924. She is very closely associated with her late husband, fellow artist Harry Davis, whom she was married to for 55 years. She studied at the Herron Institute of Art where she would become a Millikan Award winner. Davis became well know for her studies of people and addressed topics in her works such as women’s rights and the indignities of war. She exhibited throughout the region including the Lafayette Art Center and the Hoosier Salon. Davis was a member of the Indianapolis Artists Club, where both she and Harry had both been past presidents.

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18DAL037-061