Pad No. 4
1947
Stuart Davis
American, 1892-1964
American Art
Pad No. 4 is one of a series of four related pictures that Stuart Davis made while working on The Mellow Pad, a painting in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection. In all of these works, the word pad appears—here, sideways in green at the upper left (and a 4 is in white at the lower right).
This title reveals the artist’s fondness for wordplay: pad refers both to an artist’s sketchbook and to the jazz slang term for “home.” A lifelong aficionado of jazz, Davis regularly drew analogies between the visual patterns of his pictures and the syncopated rhythms of this modern form of American music.
This title reveals the artist’s fondness for wordplay: pad refers both to an artist’s sketchbook and to the jazz slang term for “home.” A lifelong aficionado of jazz, Davis regularly drew analogies between the visual patterns of his pictures and the syncopated rhythms of this modern form of American music.
- Maker/Artist
- Davis, Stuart
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm) Frame: 21 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (54 x 64.1 x 4.4 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 1992.11.5
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- Exhibitions
- Modernist Art from the Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, American Identities: A New Look
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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