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Provenance: The artist.
[With]The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Edwin C. Wilson, Washington, D.C., 1955.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 21 March 1974, lot 67.
[With]Forum Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois.
Estate of the above.
Christie's, New York, 28 May 1992, lot 253.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
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Exhibited: New York, The Downtown Gallery, Art Gems for Christmas, December 8-31, 1953.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, and elsewhere, Stuart Davis, March 30-May 19, 1957, no. 34.
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Literature: Walker Art Center, Stuart Davis: An Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1957, p. 48, no. 34.
A. Boyajian and M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. two, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, p. 670, no. 1276, illustrated.
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Notes: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
The present work, which is based on a photograph of a man with a still from an unidentified newspaper clipping, embodies the style and energy of Davis' mature works as well as his predilection for incorporating various influences into his art.
