Stuart Davis created a distinctly American modernist language from Cubism, jazz, advertising, commercial lettering and urban life. His paintings compress signs, words and objects into hard-edged compositions of rhythm and saturated color.
Painting; drawing
Major Works
- 1921Lucky Strike
- 1927Egg Beater No. 1
- 1931House and Street
- 1938Swing Landscape
- 1945–51The Mellow Pad
- 1951Owh! in San Paõ
- 1951Visa
- 1954Colonial Cubism
- 1956Memo
- 1957Première
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