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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Moore, Bruce,     Homage -- Davison, Edmund Linton     Homage -- Davison, Faye Chambers     Animal -- Bird     Object -- Foliage     Object -- Foliage     Gravestone     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita     Sculpture

Ed and Faye Davison Tombstone, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, Bruce, 1905-1980, sculptor. Title:  Ed and Faye Davison Tombstone, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1944-1945. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Red Dietenham quartzite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 23 1/2 x 37 3/8 x 5 in.; Base: approx. W. 46 1/2 x D. 14 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On marker:) EDMUND/LINTON/1877-1944 FAYE/CHAMBERS/1878-1964/ DAVISON Description:  A grave marker comprised of two joined tablets for Edmund Linton Davison (1877-1944) and Faye Chambers Davison (1878-1962). Engraved above each name is a dove of peace with a laurel bough in its mouth, flying upward through a broken circle. An engraved three-leaf clover flanks Faye Davison's name. Subject:  Homage -- Davison, Edmund Linton Homage -- Davison, Faye Chambers Animal -- Bird -- Dove Object -- Foliage -- Laurel Object -- Foliage -- Clover Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Old Mission Cemetery & Mausoleums, 3424 East 21st, Wichita, Kansas 67208 Located Old Mission Cemetery, 3324 East 21st, Wichita, Kansas Remarks:  Ed and Faye Davison were pioneering members of the Wichita Art Colony and major patrons and financial backers of the Wichita Art Association (Wichita Center for the Arts). Faye Davison was an accomplished pianist and silversmith. Ed Davison was a banker, painter and founding member of the Wichita Art Association and its first secretary-treasurer. The Davison home became a stopover for artists on their way to and from Taos. For further information on the Davisons, see "Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950," Snite Museum of Art, Indiana University of Notre Dame, 1999. The Davison grave marker was cleaned March 29, 1999 and placed upright on a new granite base. IAS files contain related article from The Wichita Eagle, April 13, 1999. References:  Project Beauty, Inc., 1999. Illustration:  Image on file. Wichita Eagle, April 13, 1999. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 74890002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74890002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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