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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.8
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Angle Theory Diagrams
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1932
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/16693

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red pencil on cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

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
1967.79.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Index 1932 (A). For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. For additional angle theory diagrams, see also drawings, Sketchbook 12-8 through 12-14, Untitled, 1932 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ nos. 494-500); Sketchbook 12-16 through 12-18, Untitled, 1932 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ nos. 501-503); Sketchbook 13-18 through 13-19, Untitled, 1932 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ nos. 520-521); and Sketchbook 13-26, Untitled, 1932 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 526).

Publication History

  • John R. Lane, Stuart Davis: Art and Art Theory, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1978), cat. no. 25, repr. p. 24
  • John Christ, "Stuart Davis and the Politics of Experience", American Art (Summer 2008), vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 42-63, p. 53, repr. fig. 7

Exhibition History

  • Stuart Davis: Art and Art Theory, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 01/21/1978 - 03/19/1978; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/15/1978 - 05/28/1978

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