Holiday Weekend Colours - Red, White and Blue in a Painting
Ready-to-Wear
Stuart Davis
Oil on canvas, 1955
Throughout his lengthy career as one of the preeminent American Modernists, Stuart Davis looked to the sights and sounds of the United States for his subject matter. In this vibrant painting, Davis explored the American invention of ready-to-wear clothing, a term first employed in an 1895 Montgomery Ward catalog. The broad, flattened areas of red, white, black, and blue may represent leftover pieces of fabric, while the angular white shape in the upper-right corner suggests a pair of scissors. With its bright palette and energetic composition, the painting celebrates not only the vitality of the ready-to-wear clothing industry but also America itself.
Pendant sa longue carriere, Stuart Davis a cherché ses sujets parmi les images et les sons des Etats Unis.
Dans ce tableau dynamique, Davis a explore l'invention americaine du "pret-a-porter", une expression utilisee pour la premiere fois dans un catalog de Montgomery Ward de 1895.
Les zones larges et aplaties en rouge, blanc, noir et bleu peuvent sugerer des restes des morceaux de tissus , et la forme blanche en haut a droite peut etre des ciseaux.
Avec cette palette vive et lumineuse et la composition pleine d'energie, ce tableau fete non seulement la vitalite de l'industrie du pret-a-porter, mais l'Amerique elle meme.
Holiday Weekend Colours - Red, White and Blue in a Painting
Ready-to-Wear
Stuart Davis
Oil on canvas, 1955
Throughout his lengthy career as one of the preeminent American Modernists, Stuart Davis looked to the sights and sounds of the United States for his subject matter. In this vibrant painting, Davis explored the American invention of ready-to-wear clothing, a term first employed in an 1895 Montgomery Ward catalog. The broad, flattened areas of red, white, black, and blue may represent leftover pieces of fabric, while the angular white shape in the upper-right corner suggests a pair of scissors. With its bright palette and energetic composition, the painting celebrates not only the vitality of the ready-to-wear clothing industry but also America itself.
Pendant sa longue carriere, Stuart Davis a cherché ses sujets parmi les images et les sons des Etats Unis.
Dans ce tableau dynamique, Davis a explore l'invention americaine du "pret-a-porter", une expression utilisee pour la premiere fois dans un catalog de Montgomery Ward de 1895.
Les zones larges et aplaties en rouge, blanc, noir et bleu peuvent sugerer des restes des morceaux de tissus , et la forme blanche en haut a droite peut etre des ciseaux.
Avec cette palette vive et lumineuse et la composition pleine d'energie, ce tableau fete non seulement la vitalite de l'industrie du pret-a-porter, mais l'Amerique elle meme.