Object Details
- Artist
- Stuart Davis, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1892–1964
- Provenance
- Charles Allen Winter, Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Alice Beach Winter (Mrs. Charles Winter)
- Estate of Alice Beach Winter, from 16 March 1968
- Mrs. Walter Ekblaw (from estate of her aunt, Alice Beach Winter), to 1969
- Henri Gallery, Washington, DC, 1969
- Stephen Mazoh, New York, from 1969
- Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York
- Forum Gallery, New York, to 18 December 1974
- Museum Purchase, 1974
- Exhibition History
- LOWE ART MUSEUM, University of Miami. "In Search of the Present: The American Prophets," 22 February-25 March 1973, no. 101, cover ill.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Acquisitions: 1974-1977," 25 March-24 July 1977, unnumbered checklist.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Downtown Branch at Federal Hall National Monument, New York. "The Comic Art Show: Cartoons in Painting and Popular Culture," 13 July-31 August 1983, ill. p. 56.
- MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture," 3 October 1990-15 January 1991, figs. 27, 111, pp. 168, 294, 296. Tour: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 20 February-12 May; LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 21 June-15 September.
- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "Stuart Davis: American Painter," 23 November 1991-15 February 1992, no. 57, p. 174, pp. 172, 174, 189, 220. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 26 March-7 June.
- MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU, Berlin. "American Art in the 20th Century," 8 May-25 July 1993, colorpl. 50 (German and English catalogues). Tour: ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, London, 16 September-12 December (with separate gallery guide).
- NEUE NATIONALGALERIE, Berlin. "George Grosz: Berlin/New York," 21 December 1994-17 April 1995, no. 111.6, ill., p. 111.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Picasso and American Art," 28 September 2006-28 January 2007. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSUEM OF MODERN ART, 25 February-28 May; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 17 June-9 September.
- PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. "The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol," 27 October 2015-10 January 2016, colorpl. 127, pp. 256-257.
- MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 108.
- Published References
- LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Hirshhorn Opens New Acquisitions Exhibition," The Torch (March 1977): 8.
- The American Vision, A Smithsonian Calendar for 1978 (New York: Universal Books, 1977): colorplate for April and back cover.
- KACHUR, LEWIS. "Stuart Davis and Bob Brown: The Masses to the Paris Bit," Arts Magazine v. 57 no. 2 (October 1982): 72, fig. 4.
- RUSSELL, JOHN. "Art: A show of Comics at Downtown Whitney," The New York Times (12 August 1983): C21.
- DEITCHER, DAVID. "Comic Connoisseurs," Art in America v. 72 no. 2 (February 1984): 101, ill.
- WEBER, BRUCE. Stuart Davis' New York (West Palm Beach, Florida: Norton Galelry & School of Art, 1985): n. 45, p. 23.
- STICH, SIDRA. Made in U.S.A. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987): fig. 87, p. 89.
- WILKIN, KAREN. Stuart Davis (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987): plate 11, p. 15, pp. 91, 212-13.
- WAGSTAFF, SHEENA, et al. Comic Iconoclasm (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1987): ill. p.?
- BARTON, BRUCE and JAMES CRAIG. Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1989): fig. 6, p. 141.
- MCSHINE, KYNASTON, ed. Andy Warhol: A Retrospective (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1989): fig. 14, p. 34.
- GODDARD, DONALD. American Painting (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1990): ill.
- ZABEL, BARBARA. "Stuart Davi's Appropriation of Advertising: The Tobacco Series, 1921-1924," American Art, vol. 5, no. 4 (Fall 1991): ill.10, and detail, p. 64-66.
- MARTIN, JENNIFER, et al. L'Art des Estats-Unis (Citadelles & Mazenod, 1992): fig. 581, p. 562, 615.
- WILSON, WILLIAM. Stuart Davis's Abstract Argot (San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993): n.p., colorplate 6.
- GREENBERG, JAN and SANDRA JORDAN. The American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentieth Century (Delacorte Press, c. 1994): fig. 22, p. 43.
- BOGART, MICHELE H. Advertising, Artists, and the Borders of Art (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1995): fig. 56, p. 232.
- APGAR, GARRY, SHAUN O'L. HIGGINS, and COLLEEN STRIEGEL. The Newspaper in Art (New Media Ventures, 1996): fig. 77, p. 50, p. 203.
- HILLS, PATRICIA. Stuart Davis (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996): ill. 4, p. 12.
- MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry. N. Abrams, 1996): colorplate p. 41.
- ROSENBLUM, ROBERT. On Modern American Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999): fig. 136, p. 231.
- ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Beyond Genealogy: American Modernism in Retrospect," American Art (Spring 2001): fig. 4, p. 7.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 1, p. 30.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1974
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 74.228
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 18 × 24 in. (45.6 × 60.9 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- American Abstraction (Mid-Century)
- On View
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_74.228
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f46f6cb4-ceaf-4ba8-b575-e7cebeebf6b7
