Platter (James Blaine & John Logan)
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Object Label
This lyrical vision of three women walking in a rural landscape has a quaint, almost nostalgic mood. The title, Every Saturday, implies that the three traversed this path beside the duck pond with regularity, yet we are left to speculate about their purpose or destination. An early work by Arthur Davies, the painting testifies to his poetic and individual aesthetic, which reflected his admiration for the art of Albert Pinkham Ryder and prompted his patron, the famous collector Duncan Phillips, to describe him as "a painter of dreams" and an "enchanter."
Caption
Platter (James Blaine & John Logan), ca. 1884. Glass, 1 1/2 x 13 x 9 1/4 in. (3.8 x 33 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.157. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.157_bw_Justin_van_Soest_photograph.jpg)
Title
Platter (James Blaine & John Logan)
Date
ca. 1884
Geography
Place manufactured: United States
Medium
Glass
Classification
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 13 x 9 1/4 in. (3.8 x 33 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Accession Number
40.157
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
On this glass plate with a mustached person (40.157), who are they?
The two men on this glass platter are James Blaine and John Logan. Blaine is on the left. James Blaine was a presidential candidate and John Logan his running mate as vice-president on the Republican ticket in 1884. They lost to Grover Cleveland and his running mate Thomas Hendricks.The platter was manufactured in the US around 1884.
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