Study for "Swing Landscape"

Provenance

The artist [1892-1964], New York; his estate, until 1977-1978;[1] (Borgenicht Gallery, New York). private collection, New York. Mr. and Mrs. N. Richard Miller, New York, by 1979.[2] (Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York);[3] purchased 16 December 1981 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[4] acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] Mrs. Stuart Davis lent the painting to the 1977 exhibition _New Deal for Art: The Government Art Projects of the 1930s with Examples from New York City & State_. The catalogue for the 1978 Biennale di Venezia stated that the picture belonged to a private collection in New York. [2] The Millers lent the painting to the 1979 exhibition _The Modern Art Society: The Center's Early Years, 1939-1954_ held in Cincinnati. [3] The painting was featured in advertisements for the Barbara Mathes Gallery in April 1981: _Antiques_ 119 (April 1981): 793, and _Art in America_ 69 (April 1981): 7. [4] This painting was acquired in exchange for _Cafe, Place des Vosges_ by the same artist, which the Corcoran had accessioned in 1975.

Study for "Swing Landscape"

Davis, Stuart

1937-1938

Accession Number

2014.79.15

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 55.9 × 73 cm (22 × 28 3/4 in.) | framed: 77.8 × 94.6 × 7 cm (30 5/8 × 37 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and exchange through a gift given in memory of Edith Gregor Halpert by the Halpert Foundation and the William A. Clark Fund)