STUART DAVIS
Faun and Girl from The Puritans .
Gouache, pencil and ink on paper, 1923. 470x600 mm; 18 1/2x23 5/8 inches. Signed and dated in gouache and titled "Faun and Girl from the Pilgrims" in pencil, lower margin recto.
Published A. Boyajian and M. Rutkoski, Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné , New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, vol. 2, pages 524-25, number 1075.
Ex-collection the artist; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deGolier, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, circa 1925; Edith Gregor Halpert, New York; thence to the estate of Edith Gregor Halpert; offered Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, "The Edith G. Halpert Collection of American Paintings Part II," March 16, 1973, sale 3520, lot 3; sold Christie's New York, March 23, 1984, sale LESLIE 5520, lot 99, to the current owner, private collection, Southfield, Michigan.
Costume designs for the play The Puritans , written by Ralph deGolier. Boyajian and Rutkoski note that "Although inscribed 'Faun and Girl from the Pilgrims' reference instead to the actual title of the play, The Puritans ."