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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
Lot 90

Stuart Davis
(1892-1964)
The Saint 15 1/4 x 11in, image; 20 x 15in, sheet

22 November 2016, 14:00 EST
New York

US$25,000 - US$35,000

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Stuart Davis (1892-1964)

The Saint
watercolor and pencil on paper
15 1/4 x 11in, image; 20 x 15in, sheet
Painted circa 1943.

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 2006.

Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Stuart Davis, ?-October 11, 1996.

Literature
A. Artner, "In The American Spirit: How Stuart Davis Became Both a Modernist and a Realist," Chicago Tribune, October 4, 1996, sec. 7, p. 46.
A. Boyajian and M. Rutkowski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. two, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, pp. 663-64, no. 1267, illustrated.

According to A. Boyajian and M. Rutkowski's publication, the present work may be a book cover or advertising image for Leslie Charteris's (1907-1993) series of short stories featuring the reoccurring character The Saint. The inscription that appears in the composition at right, 'Madam Davey Jones', is likely a title for one of the author's short stories, although their publication notes that with no supporting documentation available, it is unclear if this image was ever published. The date inscribed at upper left indicates that the work was likely completed in early 1943 or possibly in late 1942 and was therefore assigned a circa date of 1943.

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