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Myopic Vista
Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964)
1925
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolors with graphite underdrawing
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.6 x 45.8 cm (15 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
Framed: 64.5 x 71.1 cm (25 3/8 x 28 in.)
Framed: 64.5 x 71.1 cm (25 3/8 x 28 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Accession Number1990.393
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
DescriptionAn abstract view of Gloucester MA across the inner harbor.
Provenance1929, sold by the artist to Juliana Force (b. 1876 – d. 1948), New York [see note 1]; 1931, to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. May 8, 1954, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York to William H. Lane (b. 1914 – d. 1995), Leominster, MA [see note 2]; 1954, transferred to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)
NOTES:
[1] Juliana Force purchased this painting at the 1929 Davis exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club. She would become the director of the Whitney Museum in 1930.
[2] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 911, sold as Myopic Vista, 1923, on gouache.
NOTES:
[1] Juliana Force purchased this painting at the 1929 Davis exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club. She would become the director of the Whitney Museum in 1930.
[2] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 911, sold as Myopic Vista, 1923, on gouache.
Copyright© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.