An abstract watercolor of old-style gas pumps and other organic shapes in black, gray, and red.

Gas

Stuart Davis (1892-1964)

Date

ca. 1930
Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions

Image: 12 x 15 15/16 in.
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. signed: STUART DAVIS
Credit Line

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

2000.7
Copyright

© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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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