Muted Butt
The Wall Street Journal shines a light on Depression-era American artists featured in summer exhibitions at the Whitney and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Stuart Davis (1892–1964), Swing Landscape, 1938. Oil on canvas, 86 ¾ × 173 1/8 in. (220.3 × 400 cm). Indiana University Art Museum; allocated by the U.S. Government, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects. © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York
Patrick Caulfield (British, 1936-2005), Glass & Plate, Black & White Checks, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
