Collections: American Art: Landscape with Clay Pipe

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Landscape with Clay Pipe

Vivid color and the lively interaction of abstracted forms convey a raucous mood in this small landscape. The work was created during a transitional period in Stuart Davis's art when he turned from a relatively restrained Cubist aesthetic to one more closely aligned with decorative impulses. The clay pipe, gas station, and barber pole reprise the principal elements of his 1932 mural for the Radio City Music Hall Men's Lounge at Rockefeller Center, originally entitled Men without Women. Here, however, the symbols of masculine activity register with a colorful vitality that fulfills Davis's aims for an art that was truly American in its outlook.

• Artist: Stuart Davis, American, 1894-1964
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dates: 1941
• Dimensions: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower right: "Stuart Davis"
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1992.11.4
• Credit Line: Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
• Image: Overall, 1992.11.4_transp435.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Stuart Davis (American, 1894-1964). Landscape with Clay Pipe, 1941. Oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.4 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.4_transp435.jpg)