This decorative nude study is typical of the work of Arthur Bowen Davies, whose subjects often contained a mixture of pastoral imagery and stylized, imaginary landscapes. A friend and admirer of dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan, Davies was frequently inspired by the movements of modern dance, which his sinuous lines echo.

Excerpt from

William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.

• Davies was one of the organizers of the 1913 Armory Show, an influential exhibition of European modernist art.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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