The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Study for a Drawing

Study for a Drawing

1955
(American, 1894–1964)
America, 20th century
color screenprint
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.)
Bequest of Lockwood Thompson (by exchange) 1997.156
© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Catalogue raisonné: Cole/Myers 25
Location: not on view

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.
  • Floriano Vecchi
    Floriano Vecchi
  • From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
  • {{cite web|title=Study for a Drawing|url=false|author=Stuart Davis|year=1955|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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