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Lot 105

Stuart Davis
(American, 1892-1964)
Bathroom Floor, 1940 108 x 64in

4 December 2013, 14:00 EST
New York

US$10,000 - US$15,000

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Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964)

Bathroom Floor, 1940
inlaid linoleum
108 x 64in

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Flora and Elliot Paul, New Milford, Connecticut, commissioned from the artist, 1940
Dr. Paul A. and Rose J. Stoll, New Milford, Connecticut, 1950
Rose J. Stoll, New Milford, Connecticut, 1971
Gerald and Marsha Lynn La Tour, New Milford, Connecticut, 1978
Acquired by the present owner, 2003

LITERATURE:
V. Geddes, Country Postmaster, New York, 1952, p. 119.
News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut, November 17, 1985, sec. F, p. 3, illustrated.
A. Boyajian and M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. two, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, pp. 441-42, no. 926, illustrated.

The present work was commissioned by the original owners in 1940 for their home in New Milford, Connecticut, most well-known as the "Pumpkin Hill House." Although currently framed for wall mounting, the work was originally laid by contractors following gouache and cartoon designs by the artist (now destroyed). Davis also designed two other floors and a carpet for the family, yet this is the only floor to survive today.

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