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Exhibition History“Three New England Watercolor Painters,” The Currier Gallery of Art, Hanover, NH, June 1, 1975 – September 1, 1975; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, VA, March 25, 1975 – May 11, 1975; The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, January 17, 1975 – March 2, 1975; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 16, 1974 – December 22, 1974.
“New Hampshire Folk Art,” Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH, March 17, 1990 – June 23, 1990; University Art Galleries, Durham, NH, October 23, 1989 – December 10, 1989; The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, June 23, 1989 – September 3, 1989.
“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Art of the Everyman: American Folk Art from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Cooperstown, NY, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, May 28, 2014 – September 29, 2014.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Howard Lipman, Wilton, Connecticut; Mr. Stephen C. Clark, Sr., Cooperstown, New York
BibliographyD'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, New York: NYSHA, 1987:.63-64, and illustration number 30 page 64.
Savage, Gail, et. al.,"Three New England Watercolor Painters" [exhibition catalog]. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1974: 26, numbers 5 and 7, illustration 5.
Artist
Joseph H. Davis
(active 1832 - 1837)
The Azariah Caverly Family
Date1836
DimensionsSight: 10 3/8 × 14 1/4 in. (26.4 × 36.2 cm)
Object numberN0061.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextSurviving portraits by "Left Hand Painter" Joseph H. Davis suggest that, though his career was short, his style was distinctive. In his small scale works on paper, Davis posed subjects in profile, seated or standing, in lavish interior scenes decorated with grained and painted furniture and lively patterned carpets. Davis frequently included props to individualize his portraits-the detailed drawing seen on the table at the left and the carpenter's square held by the boy suggest that Azariah Caverly may have been an architect, engineer, or carpenter.Exhibition History“Three New England Watercolor Painters,” The Currier Gallery of Art, Hanover, NH, June 1, 1975 – September 1, 1975; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, VA, March 25, 1975 – May 11, 1975; The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, January 17, 1975 – March 2, 1975; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 16, 1974 – December 22, 1974.
“New Hampshire Folk Art,” Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH, March 17, 1990 – June 23, 1990; University Art Galleries, Durham, NH, October 23, 1989 – December 10, 1989; The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, June 23, 1989 – September 3, 1989.
“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Art of the Everyman: American Folk Art from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Cooperstown, NY, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, May 28, 2014 – September 29, 2014.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Howard Lipman, Wilton, Connecticut; Mr. Stephen C. Clark, Sr., Cooperstown, New York
BibliographyD'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, New York: NYSHA, 1987:.63-64, and illustration number 30 page 64.
Savage, Gail, et. al.,"Three New England Watercolor Painters" [exhibition catalog]. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1974: 26, numbers 5 and 7, illustration 5.
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