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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.79.740
People
Stuart Davis, American (Philadelphia, PA 1892 - 1964 New York, NY)
Title
Study for “Visa”
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
drawing
Date
1951
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/6167

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions
28.2 x 21.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 9/16 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
1967.79.740
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Index 12 June 1951. For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.hvrd.art/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See related oil Visa, 1951 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1663).

Publication History

  • John R. Lane, Stuart Davis: Art and Art Theory, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1978), cat. no. 88, repr. p. 163
  • 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. 76, 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, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 12/12/1992 - 02/07/1993; Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 03/30/1993 - 05/02/1993; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 05/23/1993 - 07/18/1993

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