Pad No. 4, 1947 Coloring Book
Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964). Pad No. 4, 1947. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.5 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.5_SL1.jpg)
Pad No. 4 is one of a series of four related pictures that Stuart Davis made while working on The Mellow Pad, a painting in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection.
This title reveals the artist’s fondness for wordplay: pad refers both to an artist’s sketchbook and to the jazz slang term for “home.” A lifelong aficionado of jazz, Davis regularly drew analogies between the visual patterns of his pictures and the syncopated rhythms of this modern form of American music.
See the original work in the Brooklyn Museum's open collection online: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2100
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