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Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964),
American Painting
, 1932–54,
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 1/4 in. (101.6 x 127.6 cm)
On Permanent Deposit to the Joslyn Art Museum from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Collection, L-1974.71; Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Convinced that American art could combine popular themes with progressive pictorial construction, Davis invented a personal form of Cubism — bright, improvisatory compositions of lines and planar facets that captured the sights and sounds of this country's Modern Age. American Painting contains composite images referring to many things that stood for the new and national, including jazz music, skyscrapers, racing planes, even cartoon characters — innovations introduced or popularized in Davis’ lifetime.
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