Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Stuart Davis
Anchors
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Stuart Davis
1892 - 1964
Anchors
signed Stuart Davis (upper left); signed, titled and dated Dec. 1930 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
22 ½ by 32 in.
57.2 by 81.3 cm.
Executed in December 1930.
The artist
The Downtown Gallery, New York (acquired in 1931)
William Steig, New York (acquired circa 1942)
Fulton Cutting, New York
Edith Halpert, New York
Estate of the above
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1973, lot 44
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York
Terry De Lapp, Los Angeles
Marion and Gustave Ring, Washington, D.C.
Estate of the above
Sotheby's New York, 3 December 1987, lot 317A
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
Private Collection, California (acquired in 2000)
Christie's New York, 5 December 2002, lot 207
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, 22 May 2014, lot 13
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The Downtown Gallery, New York (acquired in 1931)
William Steig, New York (acquired circa 1942)
Fulton Cutting, New York
Edith Halpert, New York
Estate of the above
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1973, lot 44
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York
Terry De Lapp, Los Angeles
Marion and Gustave Ring, Washington, D.C.
Estate of the above
Sotheby's New York, 3 December 1987, lot 317A
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
Private Collection, California (acquired in 2000)
Christie's New York, 5 December 2002, lot 207
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, 22 May 2014, lot 13
Acquired from the above by the present owner
J. Lilienfield, The Artist and the Times: Readings on the Harlem Renaissance and the European Renaissance, New York, 1996, illustrated on the cover
William H. Truettner and Roger B. Stein, Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory, New Haven, 1999, no. 198, p. 176, illustrated
Ani Boyajian & Mark Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 3, New Haven, 2007, no. 1550, pp. 211-12, illustrated
William H. Truettner and Roger B. Stein, Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory, New Haven, 1999, no. 198, p. 176, illustrated
Ani Boyajian & Mark Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 3, New Haven, 2007, no. 1550, pp. 211-12, illustrated