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Study for a Drawing

1955

Stuart Davis

(American, 1894–1964)
Culture
America
Medium
color screenprint
Measurements
Sheet: 30.5 x 40.7 cm (12 x 16 in.); Platemark: 18.6 x 19.5 cm (7 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Lockwood Thompson (by exchange) 1997.156
Catalogue raisonné
Cole/Myers 25
Edition
100
Copyright
© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Davis, an advocate of abstract art, said he wanted "to express in the materials of art the new lights, speeds and spaces of our epoch. Modern chemistry, physics, electricity . . . have produced a world in which all the conceptions of Time and Space have been enormously expanded and modern and abstract art both reflect and are an active agent in this expansion." The lively, colorful pattern of Study for a Drawing conveys constant motion, just like the syncopated rhythm of the jazz Davis loved.

Study for a Drawing

1955

Stuart Davis

(American, 1894–1964)
America

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