Pleiades
Arthur B. Davies, Pleiades, 1919, soft-ground etching on light blue, medium, slightly textured, laid paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 78.52.167
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Pleiades
- Artist
- Related People
printer: Ernest Haskell (American, 1876-1925)
- Date
1919
- Medium
soft-ground etching on light blue, medium, slightly textured, laid paper
- Edition
about 20
- State
vi/vi
- Catalogue Raisonné
Czestochowski 76
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 5 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in; sheet: 7 7/8 in x 10 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: B 28f S, graphite, verso; lower right
signature: Arthur B. Davies, graphite, lower right
inscription: Pleiades, graphite, bottom margin, center
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
78.52.167
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In classical mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of the Titan, Atlas. Zeus transformed the sisters into stars to protect them from the amorous advances of Orion, the great hunter. Six of the seven Pleiades are visible in the night sky, where they still appear to be chased by the constellation Orion.
- Exhibitions
2012 Mythologia: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters Portland Art Museum
