Lot #279: STUART DAVIS - Hotel - Gouache and pencil on paper

     

Artist: Stuart Davis (American, 1894 - 1964).
Title: "Hotel".
Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper.
Date: Composed 1960.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 9/16 x 13 15/16 in. (370 x 354 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower center. Painted on cream wove paper. Good condition; some spotting, primarily lower center; minor creasing; no serious condition issues. Comment(s): Davis was an American Modernist painter, best known for his brilliantly colored abstractions of jazz musicians, street scenes, and landscapes. He moved from journalistic illustration to Social Realism, to Expressionism, to Cubism, ultimately becoming one of America's leading abstractionists. Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [29911-3-24000]