Property from a Midwest Collection
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Stuart Davis
Composition
1931
Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm)
S. 17 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44.1 x 34 cm)
S. 17 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44.1 x 34 cm)
Signed and numbered 7/25 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), with The Downtown Gallery date stamp 'Oct 21, 1931' on the reverse, framed.
Full-Cataloguing
The abstract cubist/surrealist imagery in this work suggests the many nautical motifs Davis drew from summers spent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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.