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Lot 46

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

19 November 2018, 16:00 EST
New York

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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.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2006.

Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Stuart Davis, ending 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 Ani Boyajian and Mark Rutkowski's catalogue raisonné, the present work may be a book cover or advertising image produced for Leslie Charteris' (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 late in 1942 and was therefore assigned a circa date of 1943.

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