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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.1120
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Study for “Switchski’s Syntax”
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1961
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312637

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue ink and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
15 x 10.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 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
1967.79.1120
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Index 21 June 1961. For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See related casein on canvas Switchski's Syntax, 1961 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1727).

Publication History

  • Karen Wilkin and Lewis Kachur, The Drawings of Stuart Davis: The Amazing Continuity, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1992), p. 42, fig. 18
  • Earl Davis and Wayne L. Roosa, Stuart Davis: Retrospective 1995, exh. cat., Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper (Tokyo, 1995), fig. 7, p. 140

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