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Identification and Creation Object Number 1967.79 People Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY) Title Stuart Davis Papers Classification Archival Material Work Type drawing Date 1920-1964 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/29993 Physical Descriptions Medium Various media, including ink, graphite, and colored pencil on tan or brown paper 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 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary The Stuart Davis papers comprise approximately 10,000 pages, dating from the 1920s through the early 1960s, including notes on art theory, politics, and social commentary. Included in the papers are c. 1,100 drawings and diagrams. These have received individual accession numbers (1967.79.1-1165). The collection consists of Davis's notes, largely written on individual sheets of highly acidic paper over a period of over 40 years. The pages have been kept in the order in which they were received, which appears to be roughly chronological (although some sheets are undated). Davis used a variety of writing materials: graphite, ink, ballpoint pen, felt marker, crayon, and colored pencil. Some of the papers are typed, and some include textual diagrams and drawings. The papers chronicle the evolution of the theoretical underpinnings of Davis's art, and address such topics as art theory, politics and social commentary. Also included are lectures, drafts of letters, sketches, diagrams, and studio notes accompanied by detailed studies for over 75 of his gouaches, caseins, and oils, including such major paintings as "Report from Rockport," "Arboretum by Flashbulb," "Ursine Park," "Ultra-Marine," "The Mellow Pad," "Visa," "Rapt at Rappaport's," "American Painting," "Deuce," "Cliché," "Ready-to-Wear," "Pochade," and "Unfinished Business." The papers are extremely fragile, so the originals are not accessible. Thirty drawings have been matted and can be seen at the Harvard Art Museums. The papers can be seen on microfilm at Houghton Library, Harvard University (*69M-153). The drawings and diagrams have all been digitized and are available on the Harvard Art Museum's Collections Online website (http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collection) or Harvard's Visual Image Access (VIA) database (http://via.lib.harvard.edu/via/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=via). The drawings and diagrams were catalogued by Mark Rutkoski, co-editor (with Ani Boyajian) of "Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné" (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery/Yale University Press, 2007). For more information, see the Finding Aid and Index to the Papers: http://nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006 Permission to quote from the papers may be obtained from the Curator of Archives, Harvard Art Museum. Related Objects Object Number 1967.79.973 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1080 Artist Stuart Davis Title Color Diagram for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1081 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1082 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1085 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Study for ‘Pochade’ #3” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1086 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Study for ‘Pochade’ #2” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1091 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for "Pochade" Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1092 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1087 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for ”Standard Still Life” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1088 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Study for ‘Pochade’ #2” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.974 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.963 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “’Art Digest’ Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.964 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1083 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for "Pochade" Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1084 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1089 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Study for ‘Pochade’ #3” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1090 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Standard Still Life #2” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1095 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1096 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1097 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.957 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.958 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.977 Artist Stuart Davis Title Color Diagram for “Tournos” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.968 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “’Art Digest’ Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.965 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study of “Columbia Records Album Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.966 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “’Art Digest’ Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1093 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1094 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1098 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1099 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1100 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Pochade” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.987 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.988 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Horses and Riders Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.999 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for "Ursine Park" Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1003 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Ursine Park” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1004 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Ursine Park” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1007 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1008 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1011 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Gesture Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1012 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Gesture Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1015 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Cliché” and “Ready-to-Wear” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1016 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Cliché” and “Ready-to-Wear” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1017 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Cliché” and “Ready-to-Wear” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1018 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Cliché” and “Ready-to-Wear” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1019 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Ready-to-Wear” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1020 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Cliché” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1021 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sketches Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1022 Artist Stuart Davis Title Calligraphic Tone Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1023 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Minimum and Maximum Ratio Differential Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1024 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Minimum and Maximum Ratio Differential Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1045 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Maximum Ratio Differential Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1046 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Star and Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1053 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sketches Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1054 Artist Stuart Davis Title A and B Figure Fields Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1065 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “UFO” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1066 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1069 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Context Figure Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1070 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1073 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1074 Artist Stuart Davis Title Color Diagram for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1075 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1076 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1077 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1078 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Composition Concrete” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.845 Artist Stuart Davis Title Preliminary Study for “Columbia Records Album Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.846 Artist Stuart Davis Title Preliminary Study for “Columbia Records Album Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.951 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.952 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.962 Artist Stuart Davis Title Method as Meaning Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.975 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Natural Scene” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.976 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Tournos” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.959 Artist Stuart Davis Title Preliminary Study for “’Art Digest’ Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.960 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.961 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sequence-Object Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.950 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.953 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.954 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.955 Artist Stuart Davis Title Object-Place-Size Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.956 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Something on the 8 Ball” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.743 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.744 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.749 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Owh! in San Pão” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.750 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “American Painting” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.970 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.971 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “’Art Digest’ Cover” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.972 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Sequence Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.978 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Tournos” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.745 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Owh! in San Pão” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.746 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Owh! in San Pão” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.747 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Owh! in San Pão” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.748 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Owh! in San Pão” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.985 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Box Perspective Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.986 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Box Perspective Diagram Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.989 Artist Stuart Davis Title Black in Front versus White in Front Sketches Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.990 Artist Stuart Davis Title Sketch Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.993 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for ‘The Outside” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.994 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Nu” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1009 Artist Stuart Davis Title Unit of Place Diagrams Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1010 Artist Stuart Davis Title Study for “Allée” Classification Archival Material Object Number 1967.79.1035 Artist Stuart Davis Title Art Theory Text with Maximum Ratio Differential Sketch Classification Archival Material Related Media Image from Stuart Davis microfilm, not found in 2005 inventory of papers Image from Stuart Davis microfilm, not found in 2005 inventory of papers Image from Stuart Davis microfilm, not found in 2005 inventory of papers Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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