Property from a Midwest Collection
9
Stuart Davis
Two Heads
- Estimate
- $3,500 - 4,500
Lot Details
A very rare lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
1929
I. 9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (24.1 x 31.4 cm)
S. 11 1/4 x 16 in. (28.6 x 40.6 cm)
S. 11 1/4 x 16 in. (28.6 x 40.6 cm)
Signed and numbered 9/12 in pencil, with The Downtown Gallery date stamp 'Dec 10 1929' on the reverse, unframed.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
In 1929 this image was exhibited with a group of Davis' Paris lithographs at The Downtown Gallery in the third annual American Print Makers exhibition.
The date ink stamp on the reverse was the date the artist dropped off the print to The Downtown Gallery. In 1927, Davis joined Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery located at 113 West 13th Street - Greenwich Village's first commercial art gallery.
The date ink stamp on the reverse was the date the artist dropped off the print to The Downtown Gallery. In 1927, Davis joined Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery located at 113 West 13th Street - Greenwich Village's first commercial art gallery.
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