Art History News: 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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Stuart Davis

Contranuities, 1963

oil on canvas

overall: 172.7 x 127 cm (68 x 50 in.)

Private collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stuart Davis

Contranuities, 1963

oil on canvas

overall: 172.7 x 127 cm (68 x 50 in.)

Private collection

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

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

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