A drawing on tan paper of the final layout of the painting “The Tug Boat.”
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The drawing in black ink show the final layout of the objects in the painting “The Tug Boat” in a square across the bottom half of the sheet. There is handwriting at the top which reads “the logic of a thing is not the reason for it, but the fact of it.” The drawing shows an outline of the composition of the painting in a roughly drawn square. The shapes drawn suggest the final objects and are not precisely executed.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.807
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Study for “The Tug Boat”
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1951
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/5993

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on tan 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
1967.79.807
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Index 15 November 1951 (a). For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See related oil The Tug Boat, 1922 (and 1951, 1953) (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1472).

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/05/2016 - 10/19/2017

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