Stuart Davis - Editions Modern: Online Auction New York Friday, December 4, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Estate of the artist
    Associated American Artists, New York 1976 or 1986

  • Literature

    Sylvan Cole and Jane Myers 13

  • Catalogue Essay

    In 1929 this image was exhibited with a group of Davis' Paris lithographs at The Downtown Gallery in the third annual American Print Makers exhibition.

    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.

Property from a Midwest Collection

9

Two Heads

1929
A very rare lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (24.1 x 31.4 cm)
S. 11 1/4 x 16 in. (28.6 x 40.6 cm)

Signed and numbered 9/12 in pencil, with The Downtown Gallery date stamp 'Dec 10 1929' on the reverse, unframed.

Estimate
$3,500 - 4,500 

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Editions Modern: Online Auction

Online Auction 4 - 11 December  2020