{"title":"Don Davey","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"1968-don-davey-new-orleans-french-quarter-framed-print","title":"Don Davey French Quarter Courtyard Gate, New Orleans, Framed Print, 1968","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA framed 1968 print by the illustrator Don Davey of a wrought iron gate opening into a quiet French Quarter courtyard. A stone arch frames the scene, a lantern hangs from its keystone, and a pair of iron gates stands open onto a flagged passage that leads to a pale pink wall with blue shutters. The palette is the real colour of the Quarter rather than postcard brightness: stained stone, oxidised iron, faded blush and soft teal, laid in with a light wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is signed in the plate at lower right, \u003cem\u003eDon Davey\u003c\/em\u003e, and carries the copyright line \u003cem\u003e©1968 Don Davey, New Orleans, La.\u003c\/em\u003e along the lower edge. It is presented in a vintage gilt frame with a green patterned liner and a neutral mat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Davey trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and worked for Chicago illustration studios before joining a San Francisco advertising agency in 1954. By the mid 1960s he was in New Orleans, where in 1965 the Art Directors and Designers Association awarded him a gold and two silver medals for his advertising illustrations for Avondale Shipyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe then turned to the French Quarter. In December 1968 the D. H. Holmes department store on Canal Street advertised his Colorful French Quarter Prints: a portfolio of four scenes, Pirates Alley, Chartres Street, Brulatour Courtyard and the Wishing Gates, and single prints matted for two dollars each. The advertisement illustrates an arched gateway with a lantern and open iron gates, the same composition as ours. Davey went on drawing New Orleans for decades, and his publishers later reported more than a million lithographs of his work sold. His full story, with every source, is on the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/artists-don-davey\"\u003eDon Davey artist page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eArtist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDon Davey, American illustrator\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSubject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrench Quarter courtyard gate, New Orleans\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1968, from the copyright line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour reproduction of a pen and wash drawing, on paper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned in the plate lower right; ©1968 Don Davey, New Orleans, La. along the lower edge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage gilt frame with green patterned liner and neutral mat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClean presentation with even colour and no tears; light age toning possible; light patina and wear to the frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailable on request\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a picture built of thresholds: an arch, a gate and a passage that draws the eye into a quiet courtyard. It gives a hallway, study or reading corner a sense of depth without demanding attention, and the muted stone and iron colours sit easily with wood, brass and linen. It pairs naturally with other regional or travel pictures, and it carries a small piece of New Orleans history: a print sold at a Canal Street counter in 1968 by a medal-winning illustrator who drew the Quarter as it really looked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42900658913385,"sku":"VE-0549","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/EE5F750B-048D-4C78-BF29-2202EED84CE8_1_105_c.jpg?v=1770800548"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/don-davey.oembed","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}