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Study for “The Mellow Pad” by Stuart Davis — VisualArtsDB

Study for “The Mellow Pad”

Study for “The Mellow Pad”

1950

Medium: Black ink on off white wove paper
Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Genre: Archival material
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Index 5 November 1950 (a). For index reference, see Finding Aid [nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:art00006]. See related oil The Mellow Pad, 1945-51 (Davis Catalogue Raisonné‚ no. 1661).

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