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Object Details
- Artist
- Stuart Davis, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1892–1964
- Provenance
- Downtown Gallery, New York
- Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wolf, Great Neck, New York
- Downtown Gallery, New York, to 19 April 1957
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 April 1957-17 May 1966
- (held in the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection from 1961 to 1966)
- Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- Exhibition History
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," 6 November 1952-4 January 1953, no. 33.
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana. "Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," 1 March-12 April 1953, no. 30, plate 34.
- DOWNTOWN GALLERY, New York. "Stuart Davis," 2-27 March 1954, no. 4, colorplate cover.
- WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "Stuart Davis," 30 March-19 May 1957, no. 29, colorplate p. 50. Tour: DES MOINES ART CENTER, 9-30 June; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 6 August-8 September; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 25 September-17 November.
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Ten Modern Masters of American Art: 30 Works Selected from The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," no. 80, colorplate frontispiece. TOUR: COE COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1-21 January 1959; QUINCY ART CLUB, Quincy, Illinois, 2-22 February; DES MOINES ART CENTER, Iowa, 6-26 March; E. B. CROCKER GALLERY, Sacramento, 8-28 April; NASHVILLE ARTISTS' GUILD, 10-30 May; ROANOKE FINE ARTS CENTER, Virginia, 15 June-15 July; TIME, INC., New York, 28 July-17 August; COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART, South Carolina, 1-21 September; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 5-25 October; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 4-24 November; FORT LAUDERDALE ART CENTER, Florida, 7-27 December; JOHN HERRON ART INSTITUTE, Indianapolis, 10-30 January 1960.
- SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York (organizer--for the United States Information Agency). "Vanguard American Painting," no. 12, ill. Tour: GALERIE WURTHLE, Vienna, 19 June-8 July 1961; ZWERGLGARTEN, Salzburg, Austria, 10 July-31 August; KALEMEGDAN PAVILION, Belgrade,Yugoslavia, 15 September-1 October; UMETNICKI PAVILION, Skoplje, Yugoslavia, 14-29 October; MODERNA GALERIJA, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 9-20 November; UMETNOSTNA GALERIJA, Maribor, Yugoslavia, 25 November-4 December; MODERNA GALERIJA, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 11 December-7 January 1962; GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, Rijeka, Yugoslavia, 13-31 January; USIS GALLERY, American Embassy, London, 28 February-30 March; HESSISCHE LANDESMUSEUM, Darmstadt, Germany, 14 April-13 May.
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century," no. 20, ill. p. 37. Tour: M. KNOEDLER & CO., New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Indiana, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, Kentucky, 13 June-10 July; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 30 July-25 August, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 11 December 1963-7 January 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; OKLAHOMA ART CENTER, Oklahoma City, 12 March-8 April; BROOKS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Memphis, Tennessee, 25 April-23 May; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, Georgia, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December 1964-10 January 1965; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 8 February-5 April.
- NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Stuart Davis Memorial Exhibition," 25 May-5 July 1965, no. 89, colorplate p. 40. Tour: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 30 July-29 August; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 14 September-17 October; ART GALLERIES, University of California, Los Angeles, 6 November-6 December.
- ART & HOME CENTER, Exposition Grounds, Syracuse, New York. "125 Years of New York State Painting and Sculpture," 30 August-5 September 1966, no. 13.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 760, colorplate p. 679.
- BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART (organizer--for the United States Information Agency). "Two Hundred Years of American Painting: A Bicentennial Exhibition," checklist no. 39. Tour: RHEINISCHES LANDESMUSEUM, Bonn, 30 June-28 July 1976; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 14 August-11 September; GALLERIA NAZIONALE D'ARTE MODERNA, Rome, 28 September-26 October; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF POLAND, Warsaw, 12 November-10 December; MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER, Balitimore, 16 January-6 February 1977.
- MUSEO DEL PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES, Mexico City (organized by the International Communication Agency, Washington, DC). "Painting in the United States from Public Collections in Washington, DC," 18 November 1980-4 January 1981, no. 67, ill.
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (organizer). "Treasures from the Smithsonian," n.p., ill. Tour: ROYAL SCOTTISH MUSEUM, Edinburgh, 11 August-5 November 1984.
- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "Stuart Davis: American Painter," 23 November 1991-15 February 1992, pp. 105, 159, 277, 280, ill. cover and no. 147, p. 278. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 26 March-7 June.
- PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION, Venice. "Stuart Davis," 7 June-5 October 1997, no. 45, colorplate p. 163, p. 164. Tour: PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI, Rome, 22 October-12 January 1998; STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, 1 February-19 April; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Washington, DC, 22 May-7 September.
- SALANDER-O'REILLY GALLERIES, New York. "Stuart Davis: Major Late Paintings," 9 April-11 May 2002, no. 5, pp. 51-52, colorplate.
- Published References
- ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART,Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Downtown Gallery Papers," Stuart Davis File, microfilm roll no. ND29, frames 430-431; microfilm roll no. 1838, frames 665-61.
- DAVIS, STUART. Owh! in San Pao: Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Urbana: University of Illinois, 1952), p. 184.
- WIGHT, FREDERICK S. "Stuart Davis," Art Digest 27 (15 May 1953), p. 23.
- SECKLER, DOROTHY GEES. "Stuart Davis Paints a Picture," Art News 52 (Summer 1953), pp. 30-33, 73-74, colorplate p. 33.
- GENAUER, EMILY. "Art and Artists: Reality vs. Realism Theme of Shows," Herald Tribune (7 March 1954), n.p. [from the Emily Genauer Papers via Inez Garson]
- HESS, THOMAS B. "The Jazzy Formalism of Stuart Davis," Art News 53 (March 1954), p. 19.
- LUCAS, JOHN. "The Fine Art Jive of Stuart Davis," Arts 31 (September 1957), p. 37, ill. p. 36.
- LUCAS, JOHN. "Stuart Davis" in Stuart Davis (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1957), pp. 27, 43.
- LUCAS, JOHN. "A Selection from Some Current Exhibitions Organized and Circulated by the A.F.A.," Art International 3 (1959-60), p. 61, no. 5.
- GENAUER, EMILY. "Private Collection Put to Public Use," New York Herald Tribune (2 August 1959), section 4, p. 6A, ill.
- GOOSSEN, EUGENE C. Stuart Davis (New York: Georger Braziller, 1959), ill. p. 57.
- BLESH, RUDI. Stuart Davis (New York: Grove Press, 1960), p. 58.
- COLEMAN, ROGER. "U.S. Vanguard," The Arts Review (London) XIV/51 (24 March-7 April 1962), ill. p. 6.
- DONSON, JEROME A. "The American Vanguard Exhibitions in Europe," The Art Journal 22 (Spring 1963), ill. p. 244.
- UNSIGNED. "Rap at Rappaports," The Western Herald (Seattle) (10 May 1963), n.p., ill.
- DRISCOLL, EDGAR J. Jr. "The Art World: Contemporary Exhibit at Boston Museum," Boston Morning Globe (13 December 1964), p. A38.
- GOODRICH, LLOYD. "Rebirth of a National Collection," Art in America 53 (June 1965), colorplate p. 86.
- KOZLOFF, MAX. "Larry Rivers, Stuart Davis and Slang Idiom," Art Forum IV/3 (November 1965), p. 24.
- KOZLOFF, MAX. Stuart Davis (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1965), p. 35, colorplate p. 40.
- ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), colorplate 192.
- FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "A Hirshhorn Art Survey: Striking and Surprising," Washington DC Evening Star (23 February 1971): p. B7, ill.
- KELDER, DIANE M., ed. Stuart Davis (New York: Praeger, 1971), p. 105, ill. 35.
- HUNTER, SAM. American Art of the 20th Century (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972), ill. p. 283.
- LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 679, fig. 760.
- RAYNOR, VIVIEN. "A Preview of the New Hirshhorn Museum," New York Times (14 July 1974), section 2, p. 1.
- BUTLER, JOSEPH T. "The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Opens in Washington, DC," Connoisseur 187 (November 1974), fig. 4.
- HYAMS, BARRY. Hirshhorn: Medici from Brooklyn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979), p. 132.
- UNSIGNED. "El Expresionismo Abstracto, Sello de Arte Contemporaneo," El Haraldo de Mexico (13 November 1980), p. 1-E.
- DULLEA, GEORGIA. "Family Toy Store Bows to Change," New York Times (24 August 1981), p. B14, ill.
- BROWN, MILTON W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections in Washinton, DC (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983), pp.184-85, ill.
- PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures from the Smithsonian (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983), ill.
- UNSIGNED. "Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit," Orlando Sentinel (10 June 1984), p. H3.
- BRITSCH, RALPH A. and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1984), fig. 15-39, p. 390.
- BROWN, JOE. "Arts Beat," Washington Post (20 June 1984), p. B7, ill.
- WILLIAMS, MARTIN. "Jazz to Edinburgh, Courtesy Smithsonian," Studio International 197, no. 1005 (1984), p. 10, ill.
- FEAVER, WILLIAM. "Edinburgh: Present at the Creation," Art News 83 (November 1984), pp. 151-52, ill.
- ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art, 3rd ed.(New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986), colorplate 171.
- WILKIN, KAREN. Stuart Davis (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987), pp. 37, 177, 178, 194, 216-17; ill. 191, p. 179.
- BATES, SUSAN, and ANNE FICKLEN, eds. A Picture Tour of the Smithsonian (New York: American Legacy Press, 1987), ill. p. 41.
- AGEE, WILLIAM. Stuart Davis: The Breakthrough Years, 1922-1924 (New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 1987), n.p.
- AGEE, WILLIAM, foreword. Stuart Davis: Motifs and Versions (New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 1988), plate 9.
- UNSIGNED. Science for All Americans (Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989), ill. (chapter 9). Report.
- RUTHERFORD, F. JAMES and ANDREW AHLGREN. Science for All Americans (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), ill. p. 118.
- RAPPAPORT, SUSAN, ed. 1991 Traveler's Guide to Museum Exhibitions (Museum Guide Publications, 1991), ill. p. 107.
- GROVE, NANCY. "Itlksez: Alexander Calder and Stuart Davis," Modern Painters 5, no. 1 (Spring 1992), p. 82, ill.
- WILSON, WILLIAM. Stuart Davis's Abstract Argot (San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993), n.p., colorplate 26.
- MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), colorpl. p. 84; p. 85.
- HILLS, PATRICIA. Stuart Davis (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996), ill. p. 112; p. 132.
- SMITH, ROBERTA. "Riffs on America in an Abstract Direction," New York Times (23 May 1998), n.p.
- COTTER, HOLLAND. "Stuart Davis: Major Later Paintings," New York Times (19 April 2002), n.p.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 49, p. 70.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- 1952
- Accession Number
- 66.1165
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 52 x 40 in. (132.8 x 101.4 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- American Abstraction (Mid-Century)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.1165
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2250a1435-9d26-4445-a63f-af94692812da
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