Stuart Davis

Untitled
1923

A colorful abstract artwork featuring a stylized figure with a blue face and elongated limbs. The figure appears to be smoking, with a surreal background of black and white checkered patterns and a blue column with wavy lines, possibly representing water. The top of the artwork has a yellow band framed by an orange border.

A colorful abstract artwork featuring a stylized figure with a blue face and elongated limbs. The figure appears to be smoking, with a surreal background of black and white checkered patterns and a blue column with wavy lines, possibly representing water. The top of the artwork has a yellow band framed by an orange border.

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Date
1923

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and wax crayon on paper mounted on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 5/16in. (35.4 × 23.7 cm) Mount: 16 1/2 × 11 3/4in. (41.9 × 29.8 cm)

Accession number
96.167

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/10972

Exhibitions

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014

Stuart Davis
29 works in the collection

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