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Portrait #973
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Subject/Title:
| Davis, Paul Maclin |
| Artist: | Davis, Goode P. |
| Date
Created: | 1954 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 36 x 32 |
| Image Dimensions: | 32 x 28 |
| Materials/Media: | Oil on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 20 October 2007 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Waist-length portrait at the subject's desk. He is in a dark blue suit and vest, wearing a white shirt and light blue/grey necktie. He is holding eyeglasses and gazing directly at the viewer. |
| History of Work: | Oil on canvas with gold leaf frame and wood frame. Paul Davis is the uncle of the artist. Portrait is a near duplicate of Portrait #1666. |
| Notes: | Banker and businessman. Born in Tullahoma, TN in 1882 - Died in May 1969 in Nashville, TN. Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Bill Carey, freelance journalist, wrote in the Nashville Tennessean, "Paul Davis played a pivotal role in every important Nashville business transaction between World War I and World War II."
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