Stuart Davis

Study for Bass Rocks
1939

A vibrant abstract artwork by Stuart Davis featuring bold, flat areas of color in red, yellow, green, blue, and black, outlined with thick black lines. The composition includes fragmented and stylized elements that suggest urban landscapes and objects. The artist's signature and the year '55 are visible in the bottom right corner.

A vibrant abstract artwork by Stuart Davis featuring bold, flat areas of color in red, yellow, green, blue, and black, outlined with thick black lines. The composition includes fragmented and stylized elements that suggest urban landscapes and objects. The artist's signature and the year '55 are visible in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14in. (29.2 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
81.41

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jerome Zipkin

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

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artworks/2456

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Stuart Davis
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