Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with additional funds provided by the John Durr and Marilyn Elmore Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham in honor of Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, AFI.157.2017
Signature Signed, black ink, lower left: "Stuart Davis"
Inscription Adhesive label, center of backing board, in printed ink: BG Est 1852 [Babcock Galleries logo] / Stuart Davis (1892–1964) / City Street, 1923 / Ink and traces of graphite on paper / 23 3/8 x 17 7/8 inches (sight) / Signed lower left: Stuart Davis / Babcock number: 21835.06 / Babcock Galleries 724 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10019 212 767 1852
Adhesive label, lower left of backing board, in printed ink: BIRNAM WOOD/GALLERIES / 52 Park Place / East Hampton, NY 11937 / 631-324-6010 [email protected]
Stuart Davis City Street 1923 / NEW YORK, NEW YORK. / The Urban Image: 1915–2008 / July 31–August 10, 2009
Adhesive label, lower left of backing board, in printed ink: Debra Force FINE ART, INC. [Debra Force logo] / 13 East 69th Street Suite 4F New York 10021 Tel 212 734-3636 Fax / 212 734-1042 / Stuart Davis (1892–1964) / Untitled, 1923 / Signed Stuart Davis, lower left / brush and black ink and pencil on buff paper / 24 13/16 x 18 7/8 inches / DF1945.4
Provenance Stuart Davis; by descent to Earl Davis, son of the artist, 1964; purchased from Earl Davis by John Driscoll, through Salander-O'Reilly Gallery, by 2012; purchased from John Driscoll by Paul Worman, 2012; purchased from Worman, a dealer, by the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 2017
