Abstract Composition, c. 1921 (dated 1927)

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 60.8 x 45.8 cm (23 15/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Boyajian/Rutkoski 2007, no. 1065

Accession Number

1991.5.1

Artists / Makers

Stuart Davis (artist) American, 1892 - 1964

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Inscription

upper left in black ink: STUART DAVIS 1927

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

Hirschl & Adler Galleries

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