id: 109030
accession number: 1927.198
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.198
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Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, 1900–1915. Arthur B. Davies (American, 1862–1928). Oil on canvas; unframed: 61 x 140 cm (24 x 55 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1927.198
title: Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
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creation date: 1900–1915
creation date earliest: 1900
creation date latest: 1915
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creditline: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Arthur B. Davies (American, 1862–1928) - artist
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measurements: Unframed: 61 x 140 cm (24 x 55 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
title: The Eight
opening date: 1944-02-09T05:00:00
The Eight. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 9-March 4, 1944).
title: Arthur B. Davies Centennial
opening date: 1962-07-08T04:00:00
Arthur B. Davies Centennial. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (organizer) (July 8-August 26, 1962); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (September 18-October 17, 1962); Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY (November 30-December 26, 1962); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (January 11-February 10, 1963); The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (February 25-March 25, 1963); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (April 3-May 5, 1963); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (May 25-July 13, 1963).
title: Circa 1930
opening date: 1983-04-12T05:00:00
Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).
title: Arthur B. Davies: Dweller on the Threshold
opening date: 2001-06-16T00:00:00
Arthur B. Davies: Dweller on the Threshold. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (organizer) (June 16-September 9, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Seventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (9 June-11 July 1927); no cat., for listing see The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (June, 1927).', 'opening_date': '1927-06-09T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Arthur Bowen Davies (7-31 May 1946), cat. no. 16.', 'opening_date': '1946-05-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Arthur B. Davies [1862-1928]: A Centennial Exhibition (8 July-26 August 1962); traveled to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (18 September-17 October 1962); to Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester (30 November-26 December 1962); to Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (11 January-10 February 1963); to Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum (25 February-25 March 1963); to St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis (3 April-5 May 1963); to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston (23 May-23 June 1963); cat. no. 36, illus.', 'opening_date': '1962-07-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dream Vision: The Work of Arthur B. Davies (17 March-10 May 1981); traveled to San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute (1 June-15 July 1981); to Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (8 September-30 October 1981); to Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection (6 December 1981-6 February 1982); no cat. number, illus. p. 9.', 'opening_date': '1981-03-17T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Adolph Lewisohn, New York; (Mrs. Marie Sterner, New York).
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937.
page number: cat. no. 38
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936.
page number: cat. no. 352
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Davies, Arthur B. Arthur B. Davies: Dweller on the Threshold : the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, June 17-September 9, 2001. Glens Falls, N.Y.: Hyde Collection, 2001.
page number: exh. cat. no. 22, pp. 40, 50; repr. p. 40
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Robinson, William H. "Puvis De Chavannes's "Summer" and the Symbolist Avant-Garde." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 1 (1991): 2-27.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 22-23
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161310
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