Stuart Davis

Study: Compote
1928

A minimalist line drawing on a beige background featuring a potted plant with elongated leaves next to a martini glass with two olives on a toothpick. The composition includes geometric shapes suggesting a table surface and the artwork is signed at the bottom right.

A minimalist line drawing on a beige background featuring a potted plant with elongated leaves next to a martini glass with two olives on a toothpick. The composition includes geometric shapes suggesting a table surface and the artwork is signed at the bottom right.

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Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 24 5/16 × 18 3/8in. (61.8 × 46.7 cm)

Accession number
31.519

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

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

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Stuart Davis
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