Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonne. 3 Vols

New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Folio. 383 (1), 707 (1), 476 (2)pp. Original pictorial dustjackets over black cloth with blue, red, and yellow lettering on spines housed in illustrated paper-covered slipcase with silk pull ribbon. Blue, red and yellow endpapers. Definite reference work on Stuart Davis, presenting 1749 of Stuart's artworks, with 600 of the works never before included. "Stuart Davis (1892-1964)... made a mark on the art world early in his career, first with his Ashcan works and then with his highly personal version of Cubism, which firmly established American modernism as a force that could rival its European counterpart. Over the course of six decades, Davis produced artworks that drew inspiration from the European modernists but were deeply rooted in the popular culture of the United States. Jazz, music and hipster talk, vaudeville stages, city streetscapes, New England fishing villages, gasoline stations, store fronts, and commercial packaging and advertising images were among the sources that infused his art with energy, bringing crisp edges, radiant color, and syncopated rhythms to a vast body of paintings, watercolors, and drawings." (publisher). An exquisite, high quality 3 volume publication profusely illustrated with color reproductions of his evocative artwork serving to inspire and as a reference. DJs lightly rubbed with very light wear along edges.