Accession Number
1931.8

Title
Clouds

Artist(s)
Arthur B. Davies

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1920

Medium & Support
lithograph on paper

Dimensions
9 3/4 in x 12 7/16 in (24.77 cm x 31.59 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 1/8 in (56.04 cm x 46.04 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
Clouds features a dream like, cloudy environment with nude women. Although Davies was an avid supporter of American realists and the Ashcan School, he preferred imaginary landscapes and romantic scenes for his own art. This print is an example of how he carried over nineteenth century romanticism and combined it with twentieth century printing techniques.

Physical Description
Six nude women in, and as, clouds. Some women lean forward while others are kneeling. 
 

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
clouds
man on horseback
men
modern and contemporary art
nudes
nudes (representations)
reclining
romanticism (form of expression)
women (female humans)