The Best Way to Defeat the Impulse to Imitate
Date1920
Artist
Stuart Davis
(American painter and printmaker, 1894–1964)
MediumWatercolor and ink on postcard
Dimensionssheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (14 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-589.22
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn his postcards to his friend John Sloan, Davis displayed his lively sense of humor. Here he muses: "The best way to defeat the impulse to imitate when painting from nature is to use a canvas so large you can't see your subject."
Charles Davis Mitchell
1929
