Hubert Davis. Born 1902.
Five-forty-nine. c. 1939. Lithograph. 12 5/8 x 19 (sheet 15 1/4 x 20 5/8). Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, p. 125. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $750.
Hubert Davis studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art and the Art Student's League. He continued his studies in Paris at the Julien's and the Academie Moderne with Fernand Leger. His illustration work includes Crime and Punishment and Poe's tales. He was a contributor to Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and American Spectator. His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Columbus Museum of Fine Art, the Newark Public Library and the Museum of Modern Art. He was a WPA artist.
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