Moored Ships
Artist
Carson Sutherlin Davenport
(American, 1908 - 1972)
Date1934
CultureAmerican
Place MadeVirginia, USA, North America
MediumEtching
Dimensions20 x 25 cm
Credit LineOn loan from the USGA
Object number36.1.3
On View
Not on viewDescriptionDanville, Va; Government P.W.A. – 1934; 24/30; Davenport of chair of the Averett College Art Department from 1943-1969; “A Century of Progress” sold at Sotheby’s in 2013 for $40,625.
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