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Stuart Davis
(American, 1892-1964)
Girl and Faun (from The Puritans), 1922
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Live Auction
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part IV
Location
Philadelphia
Size
sight: 16 1/4 x 22 in. (41.3 x 55.9cm)
Description
Stuart Davis
(American, 1892-1964)
Girl and Faun (from The Puritans), 1922
watercolor on paper
signed Stuart Davis and dated (lower left)
sight: 16 1/4 x 22 in. (41.3 x 55.9cm)
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Signature
signed Stuart Davis and dated (lower left)
Provenance
Provenance:The Artist.Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deGolier, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, c. 1923.Mrs. Ralph deGolier, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.The Downtown Gallery, New York, New York, 1966.Edith Gregor Halpert, New York, New York.Estate of Edith Gregor Halpert.Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, sale of May 16, 1973, lot 2.Paul Stiga, New York, New York.Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, sale of November 24, 1978, lot 97 (as The Puritans).Acquired directly from the above sale. Literature:Marshall B. Davidson, ed., The American Heritage History of the Writers' America, New York, 1973, p. 363, (illustrated).Ani Boyajian and Mark Rutkoski, eds., Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, New Haven, 2007, p. 524, no. 1074, (illustrated).Lot Note: The present work is one in a group of five stage and costume designs made by Davis for the play The Puritans, written by his friend Raph deGolier.