Object Details
- Artist
- Stuart Davis, born Philadelphia, PA 1892-died New York City 1964
- Commissioner
- Harper's Bazaar
- Exhibition Label
- This work is the only surviving design of the artist’s demolished mural for the Communications Building at the World’s Fair held in Flushing, New York, in 1939. This gouache was originally commissioned by Harper’s Bazaar magazine for its February 1939 issue. Impression of the New York World’s Fair is an interpretation of various architectural elements at the fair, such as the Perisphere and the Trylon, and of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee at center stage.
- Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Information Agency through the General Services Administration
- 1938
- Object number
- 1995.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- gouache on paperboard
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (37.5 x 55.9 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Cityscape\New York\New York
- Abstract\geometric
- Record ID
- saam_1995.27
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c6496e59-d77d-41aa-bf9d-e9bb9628bea5
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