LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

15.98 in. (40.60 cm.) (height) by 12.01 in. (30.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Stuart Davis (upper right); also signed Stuart Davis, dated 1956 and titled Study for Stéle on the stretcher

Exhibited:

New York, The Downtown Gallery, Stuart Davis: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, 1954-1956, November-December 1956, no. 5. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Modern Times: Aspects of American Art, 1907-1956, November-December 1986, no. 20, p. 27, illustrated. Beverly Hills, California, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, American Modernism, July-August 1991, no. 14

Literature:

Ani Boyajian and Mark Rutkoski, eds., Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, vol. III, no. 1690, p. 407, illustrated

Provenance:

The Downtown Gallery, New York. Leigh Block, Santa Barbara, California, 1956 (acquired from the above). John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1986. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1986. Private Collection, Long Island, New York, 1986 (acquired from the above). Richard York Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998