LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache and pencil on paperboard

Measurements:

9.49 in. (24.10 cm.) (height) by 18.74 in. (47.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Stuart Davis' (lower right)--signed again and dated '1927' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, The Downtown Gallery, Stuart Davis and Frank Osborn , November 26-December 9, 1927, no. 9. New York, Valentine (Dudensing) Gallery, Exhibition--Paintings and Water Colors: Glenn Coleman and Stuart Davis , April 23-May 12, 1928, no. 19. New York, Rand School of Social Science, Third Exhibition in Connection with the Rand School , January 5-February 18, 1931, no. 6. Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, An International Exhibition Illustrating the Most Recent Development in Abstract Art , February 18-March 8, 1931, no. 18. New York, The Downtown Gallery, Summer 1960: Paintings in Aquamedia, Drawings, Sculpture by Gallery Roster , June 7-30, 1960. Lisbon, Portugal, American Embassy, Art in Embassies , March 1961-July 1962. Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Edith Gregor Halpert Collection , September 28-November 11, 1962. Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts; San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Loan Exhibition from the Edith Gregor Halpert Collection , August 6, 1963-February 9, 1964, no. 9. Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, California, University of California at Los Angeles, The Art Galleries, Stuart Davis Memorial Exhibition , 1894-1964, May 28-November 28, 1965, pp. 47, 64, 73, no. 67, illustrated. Paris, France, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Berlin, Germany, Amerika Haus; London, American Embassy, Stuart Davis, 1894-1964 , February 15-June 24, 1966, no. 24

Literature:

E.A. Jewell, "Davis Tames a Shrew," New York Times , April 29, 1928, sec. 20, p. 18. P. Moses, "Stuart Davis Show: Art with a Wollop," Chicago Daily News , August 21, 1965, Panorama p. 6, illustrated. K. Wilkin, W.C. Agee, Stuart Davis (1892-1964): Black and White, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, n.p. A. Boyajian, M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonne´ , vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, p. 551, no. 1116, illustrated

Provenance:

The artist. Louis Schapiro, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1941. The Downtown Gallery, New York, by 1962. Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gliedman, Atlantic Beach, New York, acquired from the above, 1969. [With]James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York. Gerald and Kathleen Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico, acquired from the above, 2002. Acquired by the present owner from the above