Study for Matches
Artist
Stuart Davis
(American, 1894-1964)
CultureAmerican
Date1927
MediumPencil and colored crayon on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (32.1 x 47.9 cm)
InscribedDated at the lower left, 1927, and further inscribed it at the upper center with a kind of compositional note to self: "direction equals weight"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange
Object number2007.23
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a drawing on paper. The pencil drawing is on a red and green crayon grid. This is the preliminary drawing of the painting "Matches".ProvenanceEarl Davis [Son and overseer of the Stuart Davis estate] New York, 1964; Exhibited by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2007; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange, 2008. Exhibition History"Stuart Davis: Black and White," Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, New York,1985. "Stuart Davis: Black and White Paintings and Drawings," Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, New York, 1999. "Dynamic Impulse: The Drawings of Stuart Davis," Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, New York, November 28, 2007 - January 1, 2008. Published ReferencesKaren Wilkin, _Stuart Davis_ (New York: Cross River Press, 1987), 103. Edited by Mark Rutkoski and Ani Boyajian, Essays by William C. Agee and Karen Wilkin, _Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné_, Three Volumes (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007) vol 2, 102, no. 229. ISBN: 978-0-300-10981-8
