id: 140208
accession number: 1964.2
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Composition Concrete (Study for Mural), 1957–1960. Stuart Davis (American, 1894–1964). Oil on canvas; framed: 130.5 x 72 x 9.5 cm (51 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 108.6 x 50.8 cm (42 3/4 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.2 © Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
title: Composition Concrete (Study for Mural)
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creation date: 1957–1960
creation date earliest: 1957
creation date latest: 1960
current location: 226B American Modern
creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright: © Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Stuart Davis (American, 1894–1964) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 130.5 x 72 x 9.5 cm (51 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 108.6 x 50.8 cm (42 3/4 x 20 in.)
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inscription: Signed middle right (in script): Stuart Davis; signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher: Stuart Davis May 1957/ Mural--Lobby Wall/ scale 2 1/2" to 1'/ Heinz Res'ch Lab. Pitts. Pa.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1964)
opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
title: Stuart Davis Memorial Exhibition, 1894-1964
opening date: 1965-05-28T04:00:00
Stuart Davis Memorial Exhibition, 1894-1964. National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (organizer) (May 28-July 5, 1965); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (July 30-August 29, 1965); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (September 14-October 17, 1965); University of California, Los Angeles (October 31-November 28, 1965).
title: American Cities: The Artist's View
opening date: 1989-10-17T04:00:00
American Cities: The Artist's View. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 1989-January 7, 1990).
title: Stuart Davis
opening date: 1997-06-03T00:00:00
Stuart Davis. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice (June 3-September 28, 1997); Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (October 22, 1997-January 12, 1998); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (February 1-May 1, 1998); National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (May 30-September 1, 1998).
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Downtown Gallery, New York, Stuart Davis: Exhibition of Ten of the Paintings Used as Color Illustrations in "Stuart Davis" by Rudy Blesh, May 10-June 4, 1960 (pamphlet), no. 10 as Study for Mural -- Heinz Co. Research Center.', 'opening_date': '1960-05-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Downtown Gallery, New York, Group Show - 1st Floor, November 8-December 3, 1960 (checklist) as Mural-Lobby Wall.', 'opening_date': '1960-11-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Twenty Seventh Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, January 14-February 26, 1961 (booklet), no. 24 as Lobby Wall.', 'opening_date': '1961-01-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 26th Annual Mid-year Show, July 2-September 4, 1961, no. 39 as Mural Lobby.', 'opening_date': '1961-07-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Mary Washington Annual, October 1962 (as Mural--Lobby Wall).', 'opening_date': '1962-10-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The artist; (The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY), January 4, 1964
date: 1964
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(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY, December 1964, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1964
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1964-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Munro, Cynthia, "We Hitch Our Wagons: Stuart Davis and Cynthia." (interview with the artist). Mademoiselle, vol. 45, no. 4, August 1957.
page number: Reproduced: p. 266
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Stuart Davis: Exhibition of Ten of the Paintings Used as Color Illustrations in "Stuart Davis" by Rudi Blesh (exhibition pamphlet). New York: The Downtown Gallery, 1960.
page number: Reproduced: cover
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Twenty Seventh Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (exhibition booklet). Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1961.
page number: Reproduced: cat n. 24
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” February 19, 1964, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr1209
Henning, Edward B. "The Language of Art." CMA Bulletin 51 (November, 1964), pp. 224-225, repr. p. 225, color illus. p 209.
page number: Mentioned: p. 224; Reproduced: p. 209, 225
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Kozloff, Max. "Larry Rivers, Stuart Davis and Slang Idiom." Artforum 4 (November, 1965).
page number: Reproduced: p. 24
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 203
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n227
"Recent Accessions in the American Field." Art in America 54 (May-June, 1966).
page number: Reproduced: p. 46
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 203
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n227
Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n5
Kelder, Diane, ed. Stuart Davis. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971.
page number: Reproduced: plate 26
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Urdang, Beth. Stuart Davis: Murals. Zabriskie Gallery exhibition catalog, January 27- February 14, 1976.
page number: Mentioned: p. 4; Reproduced: n. 17
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 253
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n273
Teilman,Herdis B. "Composition Concrete, 1957, by Stuart Davis." Carnegie Magazine (May, 1980).
page number: Mentioned: p. 9; Reproduced: p. 8
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Wilkin, Karen. Stuart Davis. New York Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987.
page number: Reproduced: p. 193
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CMA Handbook, 1991.
page number: Mentioned: p. 154
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. Stuart Davis: American Painter. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Mentioned: 142,296; Reproduced: p. 297
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Rylands, Philip, ed. Stuart Davis. Milan, Electa, 1997. p. 180, 181, cat. no. 54.
page number: Mentioned: p. 180; Reproduced: p. 181, n. 54
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned: p. 121; Reproduced: p. 34, n. 96
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"Year in Review for 1964." CMA Bulletin 51 (December, 1964).
page number: Reproduced: p. 266, n. 156
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