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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.893
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Study for “Egg Beater No. 4”
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/6022

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
1967.79.893
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Index 21 May 1952. For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See oil Egg Beater No. 4, 1928 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1521) for a documentary photograph of the related 54 x 76 inch oil that was destroyed by Davis on July 16, 1954.

Publication History

  • John R. Lane, Stuart Davis: Art and Art Theory, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1978), cat. no. 90, repr. p. 165
  • 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), cat. no. 78, repr.

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
  • The Drawings of Stuart Davis: The Amazing Continuity, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, 08/06/1993 - 10/03/1993; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 10/10/1993 - 12/15/1993; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 02/12/1994 - 04/10/1994

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