Egg Beater No. 2
Artist
Stuart Davis
(American, 1894 - 1964)
Date1928
MediumGouache on board
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 18in. (36.8 x 45.7cm)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number54.3
Description On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightPresumed copyright: the artist or the artist's representative/heir(s) / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Label TextIn 1927 Stuart Davis created a still life arrangement with the unlikely combination of a rubber glove, an electric fan, and an eggbeater. Inspired by Cubism, he experimented on compositions for a year to arrive at a wholly mature and individual style. Davis consistently grounded his compositions in observed objects, but he abstracted them (often to the point they were no longer recognizable) to create artistic compositions governed by color, form, planes, and line.
“The type of subject I am now interested in representing is characterized by simple, geometrical solids. That many of the younger artists are similarly interested in various ways probably indicates that this type of form has greater contemporary aesthetic utility than other types.”
Stuart Davis, 1927
Mary E. Murray
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
2017
