Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.44
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Study for “Mural for Studio B, WNYC, Municipal Broadcasting Company”
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/16561

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Typewritten text and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: stationery header: AMERICAN ARTISTS' CONGRESS INC. / FOR PEACE - FOR DEMOCRACY - FOR CULTURAL PROGRESS / 100 WEST 13th STREET, NEW YORK CITY / Telephone: GRamercy 5-9647; [list of artists' names runs down left side, starting with Max Weber, National Chairman, and Stuart Davis, National Executive Ssecretary]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Stuart Davis
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Accession Year
1967
Object Number
1967.79.44
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
text and diagram are on the back of stationery from the American Artists' Congress Inc., New York
Commentary
Index 18 August 1938. For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See oil Mural for Studio B, WNYC, Municipal Broadcasting Company, 1939 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1618).

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