Still

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Stuart Davis (1892-1964)
Still
signed 'Stuart Davis' (upper center)
gouache and pencil on paper
5¼ x 7½ in. (13.3 x 19.1 cm.), image size; 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.), sheet size
Executed in 1953.

Provenance

The artist.
[With]The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Edwin C. Wilson, Washington, D.C., 1955.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 21 March 1974, lot 67.
[With]Forum Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois.
Estate of the above.
Christie's, New York, 28 May 1992, lot 253.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

Walker Art Center, Stuart Davis: An Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1957, p. 48, no. 34.
A. Boyajian and M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. two, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, p. 670, no. 1276, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, The Downtown Gallery, Art Gems for Christmas, December 8-31, 1953.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, and elsewhere, Stuart Davis, March 30-May 19, 1957, no. 34.

Présenté par

Catherine Foster

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Descriptif du lot

The present work, which is based on a photograph of a man with a still from an unidentified newspaper clipping, embodies the style and energy of Davis' mature works as well as his predilection for incorporating various influences into his art.

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