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Autograph Letter, signed ("Very sincerely Arthur B. Davies"), to Florence Thompson
by (Seurat, Georges)(Quinn, John) Davies, Arthur B
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- Condition
- Fine, with conjugate bank
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337 E. 57th street, New York, 1925. 12 lines (50 words). 1 vols. 8vo. Fine, with conjugate bank. 12 lines (50 words). 1 vols. 8vo. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), American artist and organizer of the International Exhibition of Modern Art (the 1913 Armory show), knew the visionary American collector John Quinn in connection with Quinn's loans to the exhibition. Davies was also influential as a patron of the arts. The "dispersal of Davies's art collection at public auction in April 1929 probably lent impetus to the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art in New York later that year" (ANB).
Davies writes to Miss Thompson, "Quinn's favorite secretary," declining an invitation to attend the presentation of the Georges Seurat canvas Le Cirque to the French nation, which took place on 30 January 1925. The painting was the first gift by an American to the Louvre and is now held at the Musée d'Orsay. cf. Reid, The Man from New York, pp. 647-51. Provenance: from the family of Julia Quinn, sister of John Quinn, and by descent in her family
Davies writes to Miss Thompson, "Quinn's favorite secretary," declining an invitation to attend the presentation of the Georges Seurat canvas Le Cirque to the French nation, which took place on 30 January 1925. The painting was the first gift by an American to the Louvre and is now held at the Musée d'Orsay. cf. Reid, The Man from New York, pp. 647-51. Provenance: from the family of Julia Quinn, sister of John Quinn, and by descent in her family
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310721
- Title
- Autograph Letter, signed ("Very sincerely Arthur B. Davies"), to Florence Thompson
- Author
- (Seurat, Georges)(Quinn, John) Davies, Arthur B
- Format/Binding
- 12 lines (50 words). 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, with conjugate bank
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- 337 E. 57th street, New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design;
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