W. Glen Davis Ink Drawing on Paper of Abstract Seated Figure

Item Details

Untitled
ink
Signed to the lower right

W. Glen Davis (Western PA, 20th Century)
Untitled, n.d.
Ink drawing on paper
Signed ‘W G Davis’ to lower right
23.25’ W x 29’ H

An ink drawing on paper by artist W. Glen Davis (Western PA, 20th-Century). This work features an abstract linear figure seated in an interior space, rendered with angular interlaced delineations in black ink. Signed to the lower right, the work is not mounted and remains unframed.

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’ 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.

Condition

- minor wear to edges of paper including curling, toning, and small perforations from previous display; some creases throughout paper.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC450-052