Friday, February 3, 2017

Stuart Davis: In Full Swing


Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
June 10 through September 25, 2016

National Gallery of Art
November 20, 2016 through March 5, 2017  

De Young Museum, San Francisco
April 8 through August 6, 2017 

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
September 16, 2017, through January 8, 2018.





Stuart Davis, Package Deal, 1956. gouache and pencil on paper Lawrence B. Benenson Collection Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Stuart Davis, Package Deal, 1956. gouache and pencil on paper
Lawrence B. Benenson Collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

One of the most important American modernists, Stuart Davis blurred distinctions between text and image, high and low art, and abstraction and figuration, crafting a distinct style that continues to influence art being made today. On view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, from November 20, 2016 through March 5, 2017, Stuart Davis: In Full Swing features some 100 of his most important, visually complex, jazz-inspired compositions, offering a new exploration of his working method.

In Full Swing is the first Davis exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and the first major Davis exhibition anywhere to consistently hang later works side by side with the earlier ones that inspired them. From the paintings of tobacco packages and household objects of the early 1920s to the work left on his easel at the time of his death in 1964, In Full Swing highlights Davis's unique ability to assimilate the imagery of popular culture, the aesthetics of advertising, the lessons of cubism, and the sounds and rhythms of jazz into works that hum with intelligence and energy.

"With a long career that stretched from the early 20th century well into the postwar era, Stuart Davis brought a particularly American accent to international modernism. Davis's works are visually complex, mobilizing bold colors and jagged forms in jangling, jazz-inspired compositions," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art, Washington. "We are grateful to the many major U.S. museums that lent works, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, which has contributed two rarely seen paintings, as well as to the sponsors, including Altria Group.

"We have supported visual and performing arts for more than 50 years. We are pleased to sponsor the Stuart Davis: In Full Swing exhibition to celebrate a unique voice of mid-20th-century American optimism, which importantly helped launch the era of pop art. We are proud of our long-standing partnership with the Gallery and once again glad to support an exceptional exhibition," said Bruce Gates, Altria's senior vice president of External Affairs.

Organization and Support
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, where it was on view from June 10 through September 25, 2016.

After Washington, the exhibition will travel to the De Young Museum, San Francisco, from April 8 through August 6, 2017 and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, from September 16, 2017, through January 8, 2018.

Exhibition Highlights

Stuart Davis: In Full Swing differs from previous exhibitions on the artist not only in its degree of focus but also in its organization. From 1940 on, Davis rarely painted a work that did not make a careful reference to one or more of his earlier compositions—a distinctive aspect of his method.
Along with Alexander Calder, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis is one of the four most important American modernists. All had long careers that stretched from the early years of the 20th century well into the post–World War II era. All but Davis have had major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art: O'Keeffe in 1988, Calder in 1998, and Hopper in 2008.

Starting from decidedly provincial roots as a left-wing illustrator of urban life around New York, and with only a brief sojourn in Paris (1928–1929), Davis brought the lessons of French modernism into American painting between the wars and then emerged in the 1940s with a bold and original manner. In blurring distinctions between text and image, high and low art, and abstraction and figuration, Davis's works have remained vital and continue to influence art being made today. He is often seen as a precursor of both pop art and contemporary abstraction.

Omitting his first decade, when he worked as an illustrator while he tried out various modernist styles, the exhibition focuses on the brilliant sequence of moves that began in 1921 with his paintings of tobacco packages and household objects and ended only with his death in 1964. Highlights of the exhibition include all four of Davis's breakthrough egg-beater paintings of the 1920s, three major murals from the 1930s, and 25 paintings from the 1950s, his greatest decade.

Principal lenders include the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Phillips Collection.

Curators, Catalog, and Related Activities

Coordinating the exhibition for the National Gallery of Art is Harry Cooper, curator of modern art. His co-curator, Barbara Haskell, oversaw the presentation at the Whitney.



Published by the National Gallery of Art and DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel Publishing, the 250-page, fully illustrated exhibition catalog includes scholarly essays by Cooper and Haskell and a detailed chronology. The catalog is available in hardcover.

Images in the exhibition 




Stuart Davis
Sweet Caporal, 1921
oil and watercolor on lined cardboard
overall: 51 x 47 cm (20 1/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
framed: 53.5 x 48.6 x 4.4 cm (21 1/16 x 19 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 


Stuart Davis
Lucky Strike, 1921
oil on canvas
overall: 84.5 x 45.7 cm (33 1/4 x 18 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of the American Tobacco Company, Inc.
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Cigarette Papers, 1921
oil, watercolor, ink, and pencil on canvas
overall: 48.6 x 35.9 cm (19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
The Menil Collection, Houston
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


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Stuart Davis
Bull Durham, 1921
oil and watercolor on canvas
overall: 77 x 38.7 cm (30 5/16
x15 1/4 in.)
framed: 91.4 x 54 x 4.5 cm (36 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY





Stuart Davis
Landscape with Saw, 1922
oil and pencil on canvas mounted on board
overall: 40 x 29.8 cm (15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport




Stuart Davis
Landscape, Gloucester, 1922/1951/1957
oil and wood on panel
overall: 30.5 x 41 cm (12 x 16 1/8 in.)
framed: 45.1 x 55.3 cm (17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
Ted and Mary Jo Shen
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Edison Mazda, 1924
oil on cardboard
overall: 62.2 x 47.3 cm (24 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.)
framed: 74.3 x 59.69 x 3.81 cm (29 1/4 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Y. Palitz Jr. Gift, in memory of her father Nathan Dobson
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image Copyright (C) The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image Source: Art Resource, NY




Stuart Davis
Odol, 1924
oil on cardboard
overall: 60.9 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mary Sisler Bequest (by exchange) and purchase.
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Electric Bulb, 1924
oil on board
overall: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.)
stretcher size: 62.1 x 47.3 x 2.2 cm (24 7/16 x 18 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Dallas Museum of Art, Fine Arts Collectible Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY





Stuart Davis
Super Table, 1925
oil on canvas
overall: 122.2 x 86.7 cm (48 x 34 1/8 in.)
framed: 150.7 x 115.1 cm (59 5/16 x 45 5/16 in.)
Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Matches, 1927
oil on canvas
overall: 66 x 50.8 cm (26 x 20 in.)
framed: 88.3 x 73 x 7 cm (34 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY





Stuart Davis
Percolator, 1927
oil on canvas
overall: 91.4 x 73.7 cm (36 x 29 in.)
framed: 94.62 x 90.17 x 3.81 cm (37 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image (C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Egg Beater No. 1, 1927
oil on linen
overall: 74 x 91.4 cm (29 1/8 x 36 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Egg Beater No. 2, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 74.3 x 92.1 cm (29 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Egg Beater No. 3, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 63.8 x 99.4 cm (25 1/8 x 39 1/8 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph (C) [date of
publication] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston



Stuart Davis
Egg Beater No. 4, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 68.9 x 97.2 cm (27 1/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
The Phillips Collection, Washington
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Place des Vosges No. 2, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 65.3 x 92.3 cm (25 11/16 x 36 5/16 in.)
framed: 80.7 x 107.6 x 9.5 cm (31 3/4 x 42 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, Dr. and Mrs. Milton Lurie Kramer,Class of 1936, Collection, bequest of Helen Kroll Kramer
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
Place Pasdeloup, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 92.1 x 73 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


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Stuart Davis
Adit #1 (Industry), 1928
oil on canvas mounted on Masonite
overall: 72.4 x 59.7 cm (28 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
framed: 95.9 x 83.2 cm (37 3/4 x 32 3/4 in.)
The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Gift of C. Leonard Pfeiffer
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


Stuart Davis
Rue Lipp, 1928
oil on canvas
overall: 81.28 x 99.06 cm (32 x 39 in.)
Michael and Fiona Scharf
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY





Stuart Davis
Arch Hotel, 1929
oil on canvas
overall: 73 x 100.3 cm (28 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.)
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. . Photo (C) Sheldon Museum of Art


 
Stuart Davis
Arcade, 1930
oil on canvas
overall: 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Aaron I. Fleischman
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Town Square, c. 1929
watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper
overall: 39.4 x 58.1 cm (15 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.)
The Newark Museum, Purchase 1930, The General Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
Summer Landscape, 1930
oil on canvas
overall: 73.7 x 106.7 cm (29 x 42 in.)
framed: 95.3 x 128.3 x 6.4 cm (37 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Private collection of Pitt and Barbara Hyde
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
New York–Paris No. 2, 1931
oil on canvas
overall: 76.8 x 102.2 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
framed: 87 x 112.4 x 6.4 cm (34 1/4 x 44 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection, gift of Barn Gallery Associates, Inc., Ogunquit, Maine
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
Still Life: Radio Tube, 1931
oil on canvas
overall: 127 x 81.9 cm (50 x 32 1/4 in.)
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Bequest of Louis Schapiro, Boston
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Salt Shaker, 1931
oil on canvas
overall: 126.7 x 81.3 cm (49 7/8 x 32 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Edith Gregor Halpert
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) The Museum of
Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY




Stuart Davis
House and Street, 1931
oil on canvas
overall: 66 x 107.9 cm (26 x 42 1/2 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
Landscape with Garage Lights, 1931-1932
oil on canvas
overall: 81.3 x 106.7 cm (32 x 42 in.)
framed: 106.7 x 130.8 cm (42 x 51 1/2 in.)
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


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Stuart Davis
New York Mural, 1932
oil on canvas
overall: 213.4 x 121.9 cm (84 x 48 in.)
framed: 239.1 x 134.9 x 7 cm (94 1/8 x 53 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Purchase, R. H. Norton Trust
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Stuart Davis
Red Cart, 1932
oil on canvas
overall: 81.9 x 127 cm (32 1/4 x 50 in.)
framed: 92.1 x 137.8 x 7.6 cm (36 1/4 x 54 1/4 x 3 in.)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Museum purchase
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA / Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Study for Men without Women, Radio City Music Hall Men's Lounge Mural, 1932
gouache and pencil on paper
overall: 27.3 x 42.6 cm (10 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, Museum purchase in honor of Marilyn F. Hoffman, Director 1988–95; bequest of Phyllis E. Hodgdon, Anne Slade Frey, Ilya T. Bonnecaze, Olga Wheeler Fund, Memorial Gifts Fund, Gift of the Friends and by Exchange
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


Stuart Davis
Landscape, 1932/1935
oil on canvas
overall: 82.6 x 74.3 cm (32 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.)
Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lowenthal
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
American Painting, 1932/1942-1954
oil on canvas
overall: 101.6 x 127.6 cm (40 x 50 1/4 in.)
framed: 122.6 x 148 cm (48 1/4 x 58 1/4 in.)
stretcher size: 40 x 50.3 cm (40 x 50.3 cm)
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, On extended loan from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Men and Machine, 1934
oil on canvas
overall: 81.3 x 101.6 cm (32 x 40 in.)
framed: 90.17 x 110.49 x 6.35 cm (35 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Braus
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image Copyright (C) The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image Source: Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Artists Against War and Fascism, 1936
gouache and pencil on paper
overall: 29.5 x 39.4 cm (11 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
framed: 47.6 x 57.2 x 3.2 cm (18 3/4 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Collection of Fayez Sarofim
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

 

Stuart Davis
Study for "Swing Landscape", 1937-1938
oil on canvas
overall: 55.9 x 73 cm (22 x 28 3/4 in.)
framed: 77.8 x 94.6 x 7 cm (30 5/8 x 37 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and exchange through a gift given in memory of Edith Gregor Halpert by the Halpert Foundation and the William A. Clark Fund)



Stuart Davis
Swing Landscape, 1938
oil on canvas
overall: 220.4 x 439.7 x 8.9 cm (86 3/4 x 173 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
framed: 224.8 x 443.9 x 8.9 cm (88 1/2 x 174 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Museum Purchase with Funds from the Henry Radford Hope Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.




Stuart Davis
Mural for Studio B, WNYC, Municipal Broadcasting Company, 1939
oil on canvas
overall: 213.4 x 335.3 cm (84 x 132 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lent by the City of New York, 1965
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image Copyright (C) The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image Source: Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Shapes of Landscape Space, 1939
oil on canvas
overall: 91.4 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)
framed: 102.6 x 82.2 x 6.7 cm (40 3/8 x 32 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
framed weight: 20 lb. (9.072 kg)
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Gift of Roy R. Neuberger
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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Stuart Davis
Composition, 1939
gouache on paper
overall: 29.5 x 39.1 cm (11 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Seattle Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodosia Young in Memory of Zoe Dusanne
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Shapes of Landscape Space #3, 1940
oil on canvas
overall: 39.4 x 49.5 cm (15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
framed: 57.5 x 67.8 x 5.7 cm (22 5/8 x 26 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
The Columbus Museum, Georgia, Purchase made possible by the Ella E. Kirven Charitable Lead Trust for Acquisitions




Stuart Davis
Report from Rockport, 1940
oil on canvas
overall: 61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
framed: 84.46 x 99.7 x 5.08 cm (33 1/4 x 39 1/4 x 2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, Bequest of Edith Abrahamson Lowenthal, 1991
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image (C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Arboretum by Flashbulb, 1942
oil on canvas
overall: 45.7 x 91.4 cm (18 x 36 in.)
framed: 67.31 x 113.35 x 6.35 cm (26 1/2 x 44 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, Bequest of Edith Abrahamson Lowenthal, 1991
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image Copyright (C) The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image Source: Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Ultra-Marine, 1943/1952
oil on canvas
overall: 50.8 x 101.9 cm (20 x 40 1/8 in.)
framed: 74.9 x 125.7 cm (29 1/2 x 49 1/2 in.)
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Joseph E. Temple Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
For Internal Use Only, 1944-1945
oil on canvas
overall: 114.3 x 71.1 cm (45 x 28 in.)
framed: 135.9 x 91.4 cm (53 1/2 x 36 in.)
Courtesy of Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, An Affiliate of Wake Forest University, Gift of Barbara B. Millhouse
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
The Mellow Pad, 1945-1951
oil canvas
overall: 66.7 x 107 cm (26 1/4 x 42 1/8 in.)
Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Little Giant Still Life, 1950
oil on canvas
overall: 83.8 x 109.2 cm (33 x 43 in.)
framed: 106.1 x 132.4 cm (41 3/4 x 52 1/8 in.)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, The John Barton Payne Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Visa, 1951
oil on canvas
overall: 101.6 x 132.1 cm (40 x 52 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
Owh! in San Pao, 1951
oil on canvas
overall: 132.7 x 106.1 cm (52 1/4 x 41 3/4 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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Stuart Davis
Rapt at Rappaport's, 1951-1952
oil on canvas
overall: 132.1 x 101.6 cm (52 x 40 in.)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Semé, 1953
oil on canvas
overall: 132.1 x 101.6 cm (52 x 40 in.)
framed: 138.43 x 110.49 x 6.35 cm (54 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George A. Hearn Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Image (C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Medium Still Life, 1953
oil on canvas
overall: 114.3 x 91.4 cm (45 x 36 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph (C) [date of
publication] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Stuart Davis
Something on the 8 Ball, 1953-1954
oil on canvas
overall: 142.2 x 114.3 cm (56 x 45 in.)
framed: 171.8 x 143.5 x 7.6 cm (67 5/8 x 56 1/2 x 3 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchase, Adele Haas Turner and Beatrice Pastorius TurnerMemorial Fund, 1954
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: The Philadelphia Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Tournos, 1954
oil on canvas
overall: 91.1 x 71.1 cm (35 7/8 x 28 in.)
framed: 113 x 80.7 x 6.4 cm (44 1/2 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, Museum purchase
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute / Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Midi, 1954
oil on canvas
overall: 71.1 x 92.1 cm (28 x 36 1/4 in.)
framed: 93.4 x 113 x 7.6 cm (36 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 3 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, The Schnakenberg Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Colonial Cubism, 1954
oil on canvas
framed: 114.6 x 153 x 2.8 cm (45 1/8 x 60 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the T.B. Walker Foundation, 1955
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Ready-to-Wear, 1955
oil on canvas
overall: 142.6 x 106.7 cm (56 1/8 x 42 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund W. Kunstadter; Goodman Endowment
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photography (C) The Art Institute of Chicago

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Stuart Davis
Detail Study for "Cliché", 1955
gouache and pencil on paper
overall: 32.4 x 38.1 cm (12 3/4 x 15 in.)
framed: 49.5 x 55.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Stele, 1956
oil on canvas
overall: 132.7 x 101.9 cm (52 1/4 x 40 1/8 in.)
Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Tropes de Teens, 1956
oil on canvas
overall: 114.9 x 153 cm (45 1/4 x 60 1/4 in.)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Memo #2, 1956
oil on canvas
overall: 61 x 81.3 cm (24 x 32 in.)
framed: 84.5 x 104.5 cm (33 1/4 x 41 1/8 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Stuart Davis
Memo, 1956
oil on linen
overall: 91.4 x 71.8 cm (36 x 28 1/4 in.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Stuart Davis
Package Deal, 1956
gouache and pencil on paper
overall: 54.6 x 47.3 cm (21 1/2 x 18 5/8 in.)
framed: 74.3 x 67 cm (29 1/4 x 26 3/8 in.)
Lawrence B. Benenson Collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Première, 1957
oil on canvas
overall: 147.3 x 127 cm (58 x 50 in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum purchase, Art Museum Council Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) 2016 Museum Associates / LACMA.Licensed by Art Resource, NY


Stuart Davis
Int'l Surface #1, 1957-1960
oil on canvas
overall: 144.8 x 114.3 cm (57 x 45 in.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Pochade, 1956-1958
oil on canvas
overall: 132.1 x 152.4 cm (52 x 60 in.)
framed: 150 x 169 x 5 cm (59 1/16 x 66 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Study for "The Paris Bit", 1951/1957-1960
oil on canvas
overall: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
The Paris Bit, 1959
oil on canvas
overall: 116.8 x 152.4 cm (46 x 60 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, with funds from the Friends of theWhitney Museum of American Art
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Standard Brand, 1961
oil on canvas
unframed: 152.4 x 116.8 cm (60 x 46 in.)
framed: 171.8 x 136.5 x 6.7 cm (67 5/8 x 53 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society purchase, General Membership Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Bridgeman Images



Stuart Davis
Contranuities, 1963
oil on canvas
overall: 172.7 x 127 cm (68 x 50 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Blips and Ifs, 1963-1964
oil on canvas
overall: 180.7 x 134.9 cm (71 1/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Acquisition in memory of John de Menil,Trustee, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 1961-1969
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Fin, 1962-1964
casein and masking tape on canvas
overall: 136.8 x 101 cm (53 7/8 x 39 3/4 in.)
framed: 146.4 x 110.8 x 7.6 cm (57 5/8 x 43 5/8 x 3 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY





Stuart Davis
Première, 1957
oil on canvas
overall: 147.3 x 127 cm (58 x 50 in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum purchase, Art Museum Council Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital Image (C) 2016 Museum Associates / LACMA.Licensed by Art Resource, NY



Stuart Davis
The Paris Bit, 1959
oil on canvas
overall: 116.8 x 152.4 cm (46 x 60 in.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Stuart Davis
Standard Brand, 1961
oil on canvas
unframed: 152.4 x 116.8 cm (60 x 46 in.)
framed: 171.8 x 136.5 x 6.7 cm (67 5/8 x 53 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society purchase, General Membership Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Bridgeman Images




Stuart Davis
Switchski's Syntax, 1961
casein and masking tape on canvas
overall: 152.4 x 116.8 cm (60 x 46 in.)
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Katharine Ordway Fund
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Stuart Davis
Unfinished Business, 1962
oil on canvas
Overall: 91.5 x 114.3 cm (36 x 45 in.)
Collection of Deborah and Ed Shein
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Contranuities, 1963
oil on canvas
overall: 172.7 x 127 cm (68 x 50 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY




Stuart Davis
Blips and Ifs, 1963-1964
oil on canvas
overall: 180.7 x 134.9 cm (71 1/8 x 53 1/8 in.)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Acquisition in memory of John de Menil,Trustee, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 1961-1969
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY



Stuart Davis
Fin, 1962-1964
casein and masking tape on canvas
overall: 136.8 x 101 cm (53 7/8 x 39 3/4 in.)
framed: 146.4 x 110.8 x 7.6 cm (57 5/8 x 43 5/8 x 3 in.)
Private collection
Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY