Abstract Composition
c. 1921 (dated 1927)
Artist, American, 1892 - 1964

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 60.8 x 45.8 cm (23 15/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.5.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Boyajian/Rutkoski 2007, no. 1065
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist; Roselle Springer Davis, the artist's widow, until 1979; private collection, New York, until 1986; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.; purchased by NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 326-327, color repro.
2001
A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 43.
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.326.
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 43.
2007
Boyajian, Ani and Mark Rutkoski. Stuart Davis, A Catalogue Raisonné. 3 vols. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007: no. 1065
Inscriptions
upper left in black ink: STUART DAVIS 1927
Watermarks
INGRES CANSON & MONTGOLFIER, FRANCE
Wikidata ID
Q64632796