ARTIST: Stuart Davis
MEDIUM: Color screenprint,
DATE: c.1958.
EDITION SIZE: Edition unknown. Image size 28 1/4 x 21 1/4" (71.4 x 53.6 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The painting, Combination Concrete #2, is a reinterpretation of his 1922 painting Landscape. Davis references the early painting in the shapes and composition of the work as well as contextual hints in the text he layers. In the lower left corner, the number “22” is overlapped vertically, referring to the year of Landscape, and he juxtaposes this with the word “new” adjacent to the numbers. According to the artist, the title refers to an experimental form of music in which recorded sounds were cut, spliced, and recombined to create a composition.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Very good condition, with strong colors. A rare print.
REFERENCE: Lowery Stokes Sims, et al, Stuart Davis: American Painter, Cat. #161 (painting), p.299-300. Cole and Myers, Stuart Davis: Graphic Work p. 72-3.
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