Property from a Midwest Collection
4
Stuart Davis
Hotel de France
- Estimate
- $4,000 - 6,000
$3,528
Lot Details
Lithograph, on pale fawn-colored Rives BFK paper, with probably full margins.
1929
I. 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
S. 20 3/4 x 15 in. (52.7 x 38.1 cm)
S. 20 3/4 x 15 in. (52.7 x 38.1 cm)
Signed and numbered 26/30 in pencil, with The Downtown Gallery date stamp 'Oct 31 1930' on the reverse, framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Early description of Hotel de France: "blond beauty of pale planes, curling arabesques, a sweep of line leading out with invitation to the unseen" Elisabeth Luther Cary, Pre-Holiday Offerings in Art Galleries: Watercolors and Prints, The New York Times, December 15, 1929
The date ink stamp on the reverse was the date the artist dropped off the print to The Downtown Gallery. In 1927, Davis joined Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery located at 113 West 13th Street - Greenwich Village's first commercial art gallery.
The date ink stamp on the reverse was the date the artist dropped off the print to The Downtown Gallery. In 1927, Davis joined Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery located at 113 West 13th Street - Greenwich Village's first commercial art gallery.
Provenance
Literature