Provenance
Estate of the artist
Associated American Artists, New York 1976 or 1986
Literature
Sylvan Cole and Jane Myers 13
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.

Property from a Midwest Collection

9

Stuart Davis

Two Heads

1929
A very rare lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
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)
Signed and numbered 9/12 in pencil, with The Downtown Gallery date stamp 'Dec 10 1929' on the reverse, unframed.

Estimate
$3,500 - 4,500

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Rue des Rats
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
2
Stuart Davis
Arch No. 1
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
3
Stuart Davis
Arch No. 2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,780
4
Stuart Davis
Hotel de France
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5
Stuart Davis
Place Pasdeloup No. 1
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6
Stuart Davis
Place Pasdeloup No. 2
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7
Stuart Davis
Composition
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Sold for $3,528
8
Stuart Davis
Anchor
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9
Stuart Davis
Two Heads
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500
10
David Smith
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Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
11
David Smith
Juliette
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
12
Robert De Niro Sr.
Woman in Armchair
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,670
13
Elie Nadelman
Standing Bull
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,772
14
Robert De Niro Sr.
Still Life
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Sold for $4,410
15
After Georges Braque
L'Écho (The Echo)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,268
16
Pablo Picasso
Chouetton (Young wood-owl)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,820
17
Pablo Picasso
Visage noir putoisé (Speckled black face)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
18
Pablo Picasso
Jacqueline au chevalet (Jacqueline at the Easel)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
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19
Pablo Picasso
Le Bain, plate 12 from La Suite des Saltimbanques (The Bath, from The Acrobats Suite)
Estimate $5,000 - 8,000
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20
Pablo Picasso
Toros (Bulls)
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21
Pablo Picasso
Picador (Bullfighter)
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Sold for $3,780
22
After Pablo Picasso
Maternité (Maternity), by Jacques Villon
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23No Reserve
Salvador Dalí
Pietà
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
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24
After Marc Chagall
La Tribu de Joseph, from Douze maquettes de vitraux pour Jérusalem (The Tribe of Joseph, from Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
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25
After Marc Chagall
La Tribu de Gad, from Douze maquettes de vitraux pour Jérusalem (The Tribe of Gad, from Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,032
26
Marc Chagall
Fleurs de champs (Flowers of the Fields)
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27
Marc Chagall
Fête au village (Village Party)
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28
Marc Chagall
L’Artiste et son modèle (Artist and Model)
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29
Salvador Dalí
Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great American Inventions)
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30
Lyonel Feininger
Gelmeroda, from Meistermappe des Staatlichen Bauhauses (Masters' Portfolio of the Staatliches Bauhaus)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,772
31No Reserve
John Piper
Chambord
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32
Roberto Matta
Centre Noeuds (Center Knots)
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33
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Shadow of the Stars
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34
Karel Appel
Bedized Pudding Canadian Suite
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35
Karel Appel
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36No Reserve
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37No Reserve
Jean Dubuffet
Aire violentée; and Chaussée terreuse (Violated Area; and Terraced Road), from Suite d'inventaire, plates 7 and 18 of album 3, from Les Phénomènes (Phenomenons)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
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38No Reserve
Jean Dubuffet
Jardin de terre (Earthen Garden), from Territoires, plate 17 of album 7, from Les Phénomènes (Phenomenons)
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39
Sonia Delaunay
Polyphonie (Polyphony)
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40
Alexander Calder
Untitled
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41
Alexander Calder
La Fleur (The Flower)
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Sold for $4,032
42
Alexander Calder
Pyramids
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43
Alexander Calder
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44
Alexander Calder
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46
Joan Miró
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47
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Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

9

Stuart Davis

Two Heads

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