Stuart Davis

Rudi H. Fuchs, Lewis C. Kachur, and Philip Rylands

ISBN 10: 0821225170 / ISBN 13: 9780821225172

Published by Bulfinch Press Book, Little Brown & Co., Boston MA, 1997

About this Item

207 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. There is a black remainder stripe on the underside of the pageblock with some sunning/tanning to the spine of the dustjacket, which is now encased in a Mylar protective sleeve. Else, the boards are sharp, the binding tight, and interior clean and free of markings. 97 illustrations, 62 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice June 7-October 5, 1997, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome October 22, 1997-January 12, 1998, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam February 1-April 19, 1998 and the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC May 22-September 7, 1998.

Seller Inventory # 027941

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stuart Davis
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press Book, Little Brown & Co., Boston MA
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821225170
• ISBN 13: 9780821225172
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First North American Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Painting
  • Art: Monographs

About this title

Synopsis

Traces the development of the American painter and discusses his place in art history

Review

The editor of this startling book claims that Stuart Davis made the "first truly original American avant-garde painting." Niggling arguments aside, it finally gives Davis his due, which has always been difficult. His most familiar paintings are so flatly poster-like that they prefigure many similarly cool movements, from conceptual to pop art, but without the intellectual or humorous trappings of the latter. The early works reproduced here show a sensitive side of Davis. In a 1912 self-portrait, for example, the artist looks troubled and tubercular, glancing over his shoulder at a distant female figure. The colors are wintry, the paint thickly applied. Later, when Davis discovers modernism, it is as if he embraces the logic of abstraction as an antidote to the deeper emotions of his youth. This comprehensive volume gives readers enough information to decide for themselves. --Margaret Moorman