Lot Essay
This painting will be included in Ani Boyajian's and Mark Rutkoski's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's works.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Stuart Davis (1892-1964)
Sketch--Church Tower
Details
Stuart Davis (1892-1964)
Sketch--Church Tower
oil on canvas
23¼ x 19½ in. (59.1 x 49.6 cm.)
Painted in 1916.
Sketch--Church Tower
oil on canvas
23¼ x 19½ in. (59.1 x 49.6 cm.)
Painted in 1916.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the artist.
Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998.
Estate of the artist.
Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998.
Literature
E. Davis, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Stuart Davis, Scapes: An Exhibition of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Seascapes Made Between 1910 and 1932, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1990, no. 15, illustrated.
L.S. Sims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stuart Davis: American Painter, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1991, pp. 130-1, 152, 164, no. 18, illustrated.
E. Davis and W.L. Roosa, The Yomiuri Shumbun and The Japan Association of Art Museums, Stuart Davis: Retrospective 1995, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 1995, pp. 52, 54, no. 11, illustrated.
P. Hills, Stuart Davis, New York, 1996, p. 41.
A. Boyajian, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Stuart Davis 1892-1964: Landscapes, exhibition catalogue, 1998, no. 14, illustrated.
C. Temin, "Stuart Davis's Summer Place: A Gloucester Show Reveals What a Painter of New York Modernism Saw at His Vacation Home," The Boston Sunday Globe, July 11, 1999, section N, p. 1, illustrated.
U. Miles, "Stuart Davis in Gloucester at the Cape Ann Historical Museum," Art New England, vol. 20, no. 6, October-November 1999, p. 35.
K. Wilkin, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, exhibition catalogue, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 31, pl. 8, illustrated.
L.S. Sims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stuart Davis: American Painter, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1991, pp. 130-1, 152, 164, no. 18, illustrated.
E. Davis and W.L. Roosa, The Yomiuri Shumbun and The Japan Association of Art Museums, Stuart Davis: Retrospective 1995, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 1995, pp. 52, 54, no. 11, illustrated.
P. Hills, Stuart Davis, New York, 1996, p. 41.
A. Boyajian, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Stuart Davis 1892-1964: Landscapes, exhibition catalogue, 1998, no. 14, illustrated.
C. Temin, "Stuart Davis's Summer Place: A Gloucester Show Reveals What a Painter of New York Modernism Saw at His Vacation Home," The Boston Sunday Globe, July 11, 1999, section N, p. 1, illustrated.
U. Miles, "Stuart Davis in Gloucester at the Cape Ann Historical Museum," Art New England, vol. 20, no. 6, October-November 1999, p. 35.
K. Wilkin, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Stuart Davis in Gloucester, exhibition catalogue, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 31, pl. 8, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Stuart Davis, Scapes: An Exhibition of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Seascapes Made Between 1910 and 1923, March 2-31, 1990, no. 15.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and elsewhere, Stuart Davis: American Painter, November 23, 1991-June 7, 1992, no. 18.
Koriyama City, Japan, Koriyama City Museum of Art and elsewhere, Stuart Davis: Retrospective 1995, July 8-November 26, 1995, no. 11. New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Stuart Davis 1892-1964: Landscapes, April 28-May 30, 1998, no. 14.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and elsewhere, Stuart Davis: American Painter, November 23, 1991-June 7, 1992, no. 18.
Koriyama City, Japan, Koriyama City Museum of Art and elsewhere, Stuart Davis: Retrospective 1995, July 8-November 26, 1995, no. 11. New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Stuart Davis 1892-1964: Landscapes, April 28-May 30, 1998, no. 14.