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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK ESTATE
LANDSCAPE WITH RED SPOTLIGHT
measurements
20 by 28 in.
alternate measurements
(50.8 by 71.1 cm)
signed Stuart Davis, l.r.; also signed Stuart Davis and titled Landscape with Red Spotlight on the stretcher
oil on canvas
Painted in 1932.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being compiled by Ani Boyajian and Mark Rutkoski.
PROVENANCE
The artist
The Downtown Gallery, New York, 1932 (sold: Plaza Art Galleries, New York, Art of Our Day: Modern European and American Art, April 11, 1940, lot 13)
(probably) Acquired by the present owners at the above sale
EXHIBITED
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Stuart Davis: Recent Paintings: Oil and Watercolor, April-May 1934, no. 3 (as Red Spotlight)
LITERATURE
Henry McBride, "New York by Stuart Davis," The Sun, April 28, 1934, illustrated p. 16 (as Red Spotlight)
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