Artist Monograph

Stuart Davis, American

American, 1892–1964

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	10	38.5%
Oil Painting	6	23.1%
Gouache	3	11.5%
Drawing	3	11.5%
Other Media	2	7.7%
Screenprint	1	3.8%
Watercolor	1	3.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	19	73.1%
Painting & Sculpture	6	23.1%
Architecture & Design	1	3.8%

Production by Decade

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Print — 12
Drawing — 7
Painting — 6
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	15	60%
Large (1–3 m)	3	12%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	8%

Range: 24.8 cm → 518.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1935	2
1940	7
1942	1
1943	1
1945	1
1946	1
1951	1
1953	1
1954	1
1955	1
1964	1
1965	1
1975	1
1977	2
1980	1
1985	1
1997	1
2001	1

Currently On View

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American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Christmas Card Print Acc. 739.1940	1909	Letterpress	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Front Page Drawing Acc. 116.1946	1912	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper	11 x 15" (27.9 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Forty Inns on the Lincoln Highway Drawing Acc. 588.1964	1916	Crayon, pencil, and ink on paper	25 x 19" (63.3 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The John S. Newberry Collection
Lucky Strike Painting Acc. 132.1951	1921	Oil on canvas	33 1/4 x 18" (84.5 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The American Tobacco Company, Inc.
Odol Painting Acc. 645.1997	1924	Oil on cardboard	24 x 18" (60.9 x 45.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mary Sisler Bequest (by exchange) and purchase
Hotel Café Print Acc. 55.1955	1928–29	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/8 x 7 7/8" (26.3 x 20 cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 12 5/16" (44.3 x 31.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Karl Fortess
Au Bon Coin Print Acc. 735.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 7 13/16 x 9 7/8" (19.9 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 x 18 7/8" (32.4 x 48 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Place Pasdeloup No. 2 Print Acc. 737.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 13 11/16 x 10 7/8" (34.7 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 1/8" (48.5 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Rue de L'Echaudé Print Acc. 328.1980	1929	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/16 x 14 1/16" (23 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 13 7/8 x 17 15/16" (35.2 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stuart Davis, in fond memory of Dorothy H. Dudley
Two Heads Print Acc. 736.1940	1929	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/2 x 12 3/16" (24.2 x 31 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 7/8" (28.5 x 40.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Egg Beater, V Painting Acc. 122.1945	1930	Oil on canvas	50 1/8 x 32 1/4" (127.3 x 81.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Barber Shop Chord Print Acc. 738.1940	1931	Lithograph	composition: 14 x 19" (35.5 x 48.2 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 x 21 5/8" (43.8 x 54.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Composition Print Acc. 734.1940	1931	Lithograph	composition: 10 x 9" (25.4 x 22.9 cm); sheet: 17 3/8 x 13 3/8" (44.2 x 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Salt Shaker Painting Acc. 543.1954	1931	Oil on canvas	49 7/8 x 32" (126.5 x 81.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edith Gregor Halpert
Sixth Avenue El Print Acc. 733.1940	1931	Lithograph	composition: 11 15/16 x 17 15/16" (30.4 x 45.6 cm); sheet: 17 x 21 5/8" (43.2 x 54.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Theater on the Beach Print Acc. 2484.2001	1931	Lithograph	composition: 11 x 15" (28 x 38.1 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 22 13/16" (41 x 57.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ann and Lee Fensterstock Fund and John B. Turner Fund
Composition No. 4 Drawing Acc. 49.1935	1932	Gouache and pencil on paper	21 3/8 x 29 7/8" (54.5 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Composition No. 5 Drawing Acc. 50.1935	1932	Gouache on paper	22 x 29 7/8" (55.9 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Mural (Radio City Men's Lounge Mural: Men without Women) Painting Acc. 1399.1974	1932	Oil on canvas	10' 8 7/8" x 16' 11 7/8" (327.2 x 518 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Radio City Music Hall Corporation
Study for Radio City Music Hall Mural Drawing Acc. 11.1977	1932	Ink on paper	7 3/8 x 9 3/4" (18.9 x 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gertrud A. Mellon
Study for Radio City Music Hall Mural Drawing Acc. 12.1977	1932	Ink, crayon, and pencil on paper	15 1/8 x 20 1/8" (38.5 x 51.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gertrud A. Mellon
New York Waterfront Drawing Acc. 583.1942	1938	Gouache on paper	12 x 15 7/8" (30.6 x 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Shapes of Landscape Space (Landscape Space No.4) Print Acc. 144.1985	1939	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 x 9 1/8" (29.7 x 23.2cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 10 13/16" (37.6 x 27.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Flying Carpet Design Acc. 716.1943	1942	Woven wool	7' 1" x 10' (215.9 x 304.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Fund
Visa Painting Acc. 9.1953	1951	Oil on canvas	40 x 52" (101.6 x 132.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) Print Acc. 139.1965.6	1964	One from a portfolio of ten screenprints	composition: 11 x 14 1/8" (28 x 35.9cm); sheet: 20 x 24" (50.8 x 60.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Harry C. Oppenheimer (by exchange)