Stuart Davis American, 1892-1964 Sketchbook 10-6 (Masts), 1932 Graphite pencil on paper 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Thence by descent to his son, Earl Davis Acquired directly from the above Exhibited: New York, Stuart Davis Drawings, Prints & Paintings, Associated American Artists, Dec. 4, 1991-Jan. 4, 1992, no. 19 Gloucester, Massachusetts, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Jun. 5-Nov. 27, 1999, p. 102, fig. 24, illus. (traveled to Wilmington, Delaware Art Museum, Jan. 21-Mar. 19, 2000; and New York, National Academy of Design, May 3-Jul. 30, 2000) Boston, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Alpha Gallery, Oct. 3-Oct. 30, 2002, checklist no. 10 Little Rock, Arkansas, 2003 Collectors Show and Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Oct. 2003 - Jan. 2004 New York, Dynamic Impulse: The Drawings of Stuart Davis Hollis Taggart Galleries, Nov. 28, 2007-Jan. 12, 2008, no. 26, illus. Literature: Boyajian, Ani and Rutkoski, Mark, editors, Stuart Davis A Catalogue Raisonne, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2007, vol. 2, p. 172, no. 362, illus. Stuart Davis Drawings, Prints and Paintings, exhibition catalogue, New York: Associated American Artists, 1991, illus. n.p., cat. no. 19 Wilkin, Karen, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Lenox, Massachusetts: Hard Press Editions, 1999, p. 102, fig. 24, illus. During the 1930s, Stuart Davis divided his time between painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and teaching at the Art Students League in New York. The present sketch is from this prolific era and was most likely produced alongside the many Gloucester harbor and boat scenes of this decade. This drawing in particular is from a sketchbook originally containing eleven pages of drawings focusing on harbor elements-ropes, derricks, rigging, masts, and bows. Similar to his more abstract works, the masts of this sketch appear like a grid dividing the empty space around it. In autobiographical notes, Davis referred to masts as "color-space coordinate between earth and sky." At this time Davis' work was exhibited in New York at the Downtown Gallery and was featured at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. Davis also completed murals in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the WPA.
Very lightly toned. A few shallow tears along the upper edge, two repaired with tape on verso.
Stuart Davis American, 1892-1964 Sketchbook 10-6 (Masts), 1932 Graphite pencil on paper 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Thence by descent to his son, Earl Davis Acquired directly from the above Exhibited: New York, Stuart Davis Drawings, Prints & Paintings, Associated American Artists, Dec. 4, 1991-Jan. 4, 1992, no. 19 Gloucester, Massachusetts, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Jun. 5-Nov. 27, 1999, p. 102, fig. 24, illus. (traveled to Wilmington, Delaware Art Museum, Jan. 21-Mar. 19, 2000; and New York, National Academy of Design, May 3-Jul. 30, 2000) Boston, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Alpha Gallery, Oct. 3-Oct. 30, 2002, checklist no. 10 Little Rock, Arkansas, 2003 Collectors Show and Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Oct. 2003 - Jan. 2004 New York, Dynamic Impulse: The Drawings of Stuart Davis Hollis Taggart Galleries, Nov. 28, 2007-Jan. 12, 2008, no. 26, illus. Literature: Boyajian, Ani and Rutkoski, Mark, editors, Stuart Davis A Catalogue Raisonne, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2007, vol. 2, p. 172, no. 362, illus. Stuart Davis Drawings, Prints and Paintings, exhibition catalogue, New York: Associated American Artists, 1991, illus. n.p., cat. no. 19 Wilkin, Karen, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, Lenox, Massachusetts: Hard Press Editions, 1999, p. 102, fig. 24, illus. During the 1930s, Stuart Davis divided his time between painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and teaching at the Art Students League in New York. The present sketch is from this prolific era and was most likely produced alongside the many Gloucester harbor and boat scenes of this decade. This drawing in particular is from a sketchbook originally containing eleven pages of drawings focusing on harbor elements-ropes, derricks, rigging, masts, and bows. Similar to his more abstract works, the masts of this sketch appear like a grid dividing the empty space around it. In autobiographical notes, Davis referred to masts as "color-space coordinate between earth and sky." At this time Davis' work was exhibited in New York at the Downtown Gallery and was featured at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. Davis also completed murals in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the WPA.
Very lightly toned. A few shallow tears along the upper edge, two repaired with tape on verso.
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