Stuart Davis

Washburn Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Matthew Baignell, "American Art and National Identity: The 1920s", Arts Magazine no. 6, 1987, p. 52, fig. 10, illustrated
A. Boyajian and M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 3, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, p. 91, no. 1440, illustrated

Oil on canvas, canvas is wax lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from faint frame abrasion and surface dirt. UNDER UV: Scattered dots and dashes of inpainting and a 12 inch line of inpainting beginning below signature and running diagonally toward center of picture.
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The location probably depicts Brace's Cove on Eastern Point.