Object Details
Artist
Stuart Davis, born Philadelphia, PA 1892-died New York City 1964
Commissioner
Harper's Bazaar
Exhibition Label
This work is the only surviving design of the artist’s demolished mural for the Communications Building at the World’s Fair held in Flushing, New York, in 1939. This gouache was originally commissioned by Harper’s Bazaar magazine for its February 1939 issue. Impression of the New York World’s Fair is an interpretation of various architectural elements at the fair, such as the Perisphere and the Trylon, and of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee at center stage.
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Information Agency through the General Services Administration
Date
1938
Object number
1995.27
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (37.5 x 55.9 cm.)
See more items in
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Graphic Arts
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Cityscape\New York\New York
Abstract\geometric
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1995.27