Art, literature & history
The Signal
c. 1917-1928
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- charcoal and chalk on two sheets of blue wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall (two sheets): 40.01 × 26.67 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2015.19.326
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Arthur B. Davies. The Signal. Arthur B. Davies; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Arthur B. Davies, wife of the artist, 1930). CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Signal — Arthur B. Davies. c. 1917-1928.
Medium: charcoal and chalk on two sheets of blue wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (two sheets): 40.01 × 26.67 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.326. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Arthur B. Davies, wife of the artist, 1930).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.