Stuart Davis

Sketchbook #1-1
c. 1931

A hand-drawn pencil sketch on aged paper depicting a street scene with buildings, a vintage car, and signage that includes the words "ANT," "AMERICAN COF," and "American." The drawing has a simplistic and linear style, with some details suggesting storefronts and a pedestrian.
A hand-drawn pencil sketch on aged paper depicting a street scene with buildings, a vintage car, and signage that includes the words "ANT," "AMERICAN COF," and "American." The drawing has a simplistic and linear style, with some details suggesting storefronts and a pedestrian.

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Date
c. 1931

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 5/16 × 14 7/16in. (26.2 × 36.7 cm)

Accession number
99.74.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas in honor of Gilbert C. Maurer

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

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