Electric Lights and Buildings
<p>Stuart Davis’s <em>Electric Lights and Buildings</em> was probably made in 1931, when the artist was creating drawings and lithographs that juxtaposed details of several cities in one view. This drawing demonstrates how Davis’s vision evolved from a scattered grouping of scenes into a reductive composition. His inclusion of separate scenes in one work was the result of his desire to compare and contrast New York, Paris, and Gloucester, Massachusetts, underscoring the composition with a Cubist grid.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1930
- Dimensions
- 36.5 × 49.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 1/2 in.); Image: 27.6 × 38 cm (10 7/8 × 15 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Stuart Davis
Artist
Painting
Edward Stuart Davis was an American modernist painter. He was associated with early twentieth-century American modernism, including the Ashcan School, and later developed a style characterized by bold color, jazz references, and urban subject matter. In the 1930s, Davis became politically active and participated in federally sponsored art programs during the Great Depression.
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Record
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- Stuart Davis
- Year
- 1930
- Dimensions
- 36.5 × 49.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 1/2 in.); Image: 27.6 × 38 cm (10 7/8 × 15 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1930-135909
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified