Stuart Davis, “Lucky Strike” (1921), oil on canvas, 33 1/4 x 18 inches, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of the American Tobacco Company, Inc., 1951 (all ...
The exhibition that belatedly introduced Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Rouault, Braque and Picasso to the U.S. public—Manhattan’s Armory Show in 1913 —also inspired a young U.S. artist named Stuart ...