Stuart Davis
Flags , 1931 (Executed)
Lot #331 |
2022-11-15 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 300,000 - 500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11105
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2022-11-15
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 18 by 20 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
45.7
Width In Centimeters:
50.8
Height In Inches:
18
Width In Inches:
20
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Year notes: Executed in 1931.
Provenance
Edith Halpert, New York (acquired directly from the artist) Romany Marie, New York (acquired from the above circa 1934) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above circa 1937) Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Stuart Davis: "The American Scene": Recent Paintings: New York and Gloucester, 1932, no. 13 West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery of Art, Stuart Davis' New York, 1985, no. 19, pp. 12, 15, illustrated p. 50 New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Toward a New American Cubism, 2006, pl. 17, p. 75, illustrated
Literature
Lewis Kachur, "Stuart Davis's New York," The Burlington Magazine, 1986, vol. 128, no. 996, p. 242
Catalog summary
Stuart Davis 1892 - 1964 Flags signed Stuart Davis (upper right) oil on canvas 18 by 20 in. 45.7 by 50.8 cm. Executed in 1931. Provenance Edith Halpert, New York (acquired directly from the artist) Romany Marie, New York (acquired from the above circa 1934) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above circa 1937) Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Lewis Kachur, "Stuart Davis's New York," The Burlington Magazine, 1986, vol. 128, no. 996, p. 242 Exhibited New York, The Downtown Gallery, Stuart Davis: "The American Scene": Recent Paintings: New York and Gloucester, 1932, no. 13 West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery of Art, Stuart Davis' New York, 1985, no. 19, pp. 12, 15, illustrated p. 50 New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Toward a New American Cubism, 2006, pl. 17, p. 75, illustrated