Overcast Landscape
Signed lower left: C.H. Davis
Description
Overcast Landscape is a wonderful rendition of an American farmstead, demonstrating Davis’ genius for capturing mood and the bare essence of a scene before him using a limited but thoughtfully balanced palette. The play between the warm tones of the hillside and the cooler blues of the rolling clouds is particularly effective, and the composition is enhanced by the period Carrig-Rohane frame designed and gilded specifically for the piece when it was first handled by Vose Galleries in 1923.
Provenance
Private collection Mr. and Mrs. Abbot W. Vose, Duxbury, Massachusetts
Inscriptions
1). (top left stretcher, in black crayon): T2147A
2). (center backing, in pen): April 1978
3). (etching, bottom of frame): 19 M [(circled)] 23 / Carrig – Rohane Shop Inc # 3428 / R.C & N.M Vose / Boston
Labels
1). THE NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052 / (203) 229-0257 / Exhibition: CT Impressionists / Dates: Jun 1 – Aug 27, 2000/ Artist Charles H. Davis / Title: Overcast Landscape, 1923 / Medium: oil on canvas / Size: 14″ x 10″ / Exhibition #:
2). Wall label when on display at Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
3). Previous Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts label, inventory no. 8382
4). Charles Harold Davis / 1856-1933 / OVERCAST LANDSCAPE / Oil on canvas
5). 1912 Revisited: 75 Anniversary / NEWPORT ART MUSEUM / 76 Bellevue Avenue / NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND 02840 / (401) 847-0179
Exhibitions
1). “1912 Revisited: The 75th Anniversary,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, 1987
2). “CT Impressionists,” The New Britain Museum on American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, June 1-August 27, 2000
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Description
Overcast Landscape is a wonderful rendition of an American farmstead, demonstrating Davis’ genius for capturing mood and the bare essence of a scene before him using a limited but thoughtfully balanced palette. The play between the warm tones of the hillside and the cooler blues of the rolling clouds is particularly effective, and the composition is enhanced by the period Carrig-Rohane frame designed and gilded specifically for the piece when it was first handled by Vose Galleries in 1923.
Provenance
Private collection Mr. and Mrs. Abbot W. Vose, Duxbury, Massachusetts
Inscriptions
1). (top left stretcher, in black crayon): T2147A
2). (center backing, in pen): April 1978
3). (etching, bottom of frame): 19 M [(circled)] 23 / Carrig – Rohane Shop Inc # 3428 / R.C & N.M Vose / Boston
Labels
1). THE NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052 / (203) 229-0257 / Exhibition: CT Impressionists / Dates: Jun 1 – Aug 27, 2000/ Artist Charles H. Davis / Title: Overcast Landscape, 1923 / Medium: oil on canvas / Size: 14″ x 10″ / Exhibition #:
2). Wall label when on display at Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
3). Previous Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts label, inventory no. 8382
4). Charles Harold Davis / 1856-1933 / OVERCAST LANDSCAPE / Oil on canvas
5). 1912 Revisited: 75 Anniversary / NEWPORT ART MUSEUM / 76 Bellevue Avenue / NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND 02840 / (401) 847-0179
Exhibitions
1). “1912 Revisited: The 75th Anniversary,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, 1987
2). “CT Impressionists,” The New Britain Museum on American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, June 1-August 27, 2000
