John Steuart Curry
The Return of Private Davis from the Argonne

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Return of Private Davis from the Argonne
Date1928–1940
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 38 1/4 × 52 1/4 in. (97.2 × 132.7 cm)
Frame: 48 1/2 × 63 × 2 1/2 in. (123.2 × 160 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2011.763
Non exposé

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceLos Angeles Athletic Club, pre 1982 ?? Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Westervelt Company)
Exhibition History"American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, September 20, 1997–January 25, 1998.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.

"World War I and American Art," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017; New York Historical Society, May 26–September 3, 2017; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, October 6, 2017–January 21, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso of frame and backboard: 3952, 92-61, 4228, 1479, 81-8
Signed lower right in the image: JOHN STEUART CURRY
Printed labels on verso:

1987–0020 / Return of Pvt / Davis – Curry

HIRSCHL & ADLER / Galleries inc. / 21 East 20th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 / / ARTIST: CURRY, JOHN STEUART / NUMBER: APG: 12329D / TITLE: THE RETURN JOF PRIVATE DAVIS / FROM THE ARGONNE (underlined) / MEDIUM: oil on canvas / SIZE: 38X52in. / DATE: 1928-40 (in ink)

COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / 2800 GROVE AVENUE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23221-2466 /// "American Dreams: / Paintings and Decorative Arts / from the Warner Collection" // Exhibition dates: September 20, 1197 - / January 25, 1998

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART / Los Angeles, California / No.: L.82.28.3 / ARTIST: John Steurt Curry / TITLE: Return of Private Davis / MEDIUM: oil on canvas / SOURCE: Lent by Los Angeles Atheletic Club / Size: 38 x 52"

Eli Wilner & Company Inc. /// Period Frames and Mirrors /// 1525 York Avenue• New York, New York 10028 ... (See photocopies of marks scored into the corners of the frame in the Accession file)

Metal plaque lower center of frame: The Return of Private Davis from the Argonne / JOHN STEUART CURRY / 1897 – 1946

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