About the Object
A small abstracted landscape painting that depicts a scene in Gloucester, Massachusetts: a tree on the left side of the frame, and behind that, a row of houses and a fence. Across the water in the distance, a smokestack and additional buildings are visible.
Additional Information
One of five paintings Davis does of this scene, three on the same-size canvas. The larger version completed in 1930 is much more representational than the three 8- x 12-inch paintings done in 1940. These works are defined by their color palettes: one related to fall and the other two to summer.
The Artist;
Albert and Marion Norton Lefcourt, New York, December 21, 1940;
Marion Norton Grudin;
Gift to the Nevada Museum, 1980;
[Sotheby’s New York, May 22, 2013, lot 8];
[The Ownings Gallery, Santa Fe, NM];
Washington, D.C. [Location unknown]. National Art Week Exhibition. November 25-December 1, 1940.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stuart Davis, American Painter (November 23, 1991-February 16, 1992); San Francisco. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (March 26-June 7, 1992), p. 255, no. 126, ill. p. 253.
O’Doherty, Brian. American Masters: The Voice and the Myth. New York: 1973, p. 56.
Boyajian, Ani and Mark Rutkoski eds. Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, vol. 3, p. 318, ill. cat. no. 1631.
Nevada Museum Collection. Sotheby’s New York. American Art. May 22, 2013, sale N08996, lot 8.
You may also be interested in
Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs
Architect James Leng designs birdhouse for Vilcek Foundation Rooftop
Dayton Art Institute opens “Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War”
