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Kenneth Southworth Davies (American, 1925-2017) Oil on Masonite, 1978, "The Ken Davies Trompe", H 29.5" W 24"

Sold for $4,750 at DuMouchelles on Dec 13, 2024.

Kenneth Southworth Davies (American, 1925-2017) Oil on Masonite, 1978, "The Ken Davies Trompe", H 29.5" W 24" auction lot image

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Signed in the lower right. Trompe-l'œil oil on masonite depicting the painter's palette, various works of the artist and self portrait in the form of a photograph tacked to a wooden door. Having a painted carved wood frame, H 36.25", W 30.75". Exhibited: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1978, 'Ken Davies: A Retrospective', no. 106, illus. Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum, 'Ken Davies: 35 Years - A New Bedford Homecoming'; October 1983 - December 1983. New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA, 'Ken Davies: A Retrospective at Eighty', April 2006 - October 2006. Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, 'The Reality of Things: Trompe L'Oeil in America', January 2007 - May 2007. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, acquired in 1981. Property from a prominent Grosse Pointe Park, MI private residence.

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