Maya, Mirror of Illusions by Arthur B. Davies
Art Institute of Chicago

Maya, Mirror of Illusions

Arthur B. Davies · c. 1910

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, New York; sold through Macbeth Gallery, New York, to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1910; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1910.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Arthur B. Davies, Jan. 3–22, 1911, cat. 4.
  • Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, <em>First Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists</em>, Apr. 9–May 31, 1915, cat. 111.
  • Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, June 2–Sept. 6, 1921, cat. 33.
  • Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, Paintings by Arthur B. Davies, Nov, 1923.
  • Milwaukee Art Institute, <em>An Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art</em>, Mar. 1–29, 1925, cat. 11.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Exhibition of the Works by Arthur B. Davies, Feb. 17–Mar. 30, 1930, cat. 95.
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Special Memorial Exhibition of Works by Arthur B. Davies, May 1–25, 1930, cat. 41.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 448.
  • IN, South Bend Art Association, <em>American Painting in the Manner of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries</em>, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948, cat. 18.
  • American Federation of Arts, From the Archives of American Art: the Role of the Macbeth Gallery, Oct. 1962–May 1963, cat. 7, traveled.
  • Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dream Vision: the work of Arthur B. Davies, Mar. 17–May 10, 1980.
  • Glen Falls, New York, Hyde Collection, Arthur B. Davies: Dweller on the Threshold, June 17–Sept. 9, 2001.

Literature

Published references

  • <em>Catalogue of the First Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists</em>, exh. cat. (Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, 1915), n.p., cat. 111 (ill.).
  • Milwaukee Art Institute, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art</em>, exh. cat. (Milwaukee Art Institute, 1925), n.p., cat. 11 (ill.).
  • James Murray Haddow, <em>American Painting in the Manner of the Late Ninteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries</em>, exh. cat. (South Bend Art Association, 1948), n.p., cat. 18.

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