A round-shaped watercolor of abstract White female figures rendered in a modern, angular style.

A detail of a round-shaped watercolor of abstract White female figures rendered in a modern, angular style.

Cabaret (Café Chantant)

James Daugherty (1887-1974)

Date

1914
Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions

12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image in graphite: Café [partially obscured by overpaint] Chantant
Verso:
c. signed in graphite: Cabaret \ JD \ 1914
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1984.18
Copyright

© Lisa L. Daugherty/Friends of James Daugherty Foundation, Inc.

Revealed Treasures: Drawings from the Permanent Collection

October 21, 2001–February 10, 2002

This exhibition of drawings spanning the 19th and 20th centuries represents the evolution of the medium from preliminary outlines for other artistic media to a modern means of self-expression in its own right.
The Allure of Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection

July 9–October 9, 2011

This special exhibition showcases one-of-a-kind works on paper never before exhibited together, chronicling the sweeping changes that occurred in American art over the course of nearly 200 years from portraiture and history painting to modernism and abstraction.

Location: Off view

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