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Report from Rockport

Stuart Davis American
1940
Not on view
The profusion of colors, lines, and shapes almost obscures the subject of this painting—the bustling town square of Rockport, Massachusetts. Though the scene is filled with gas pumps, trees, and storefront signs, Davis recalls the town’s thriving fishing industry with images of water, nautical flags, ropes, and a Seine-brand fishnet. Considered to be one of the artist’s key works from the 1940s, Report from Rockport epitomizes Davis’s fully articulated "color space" theory, in which juxtapositions of colors create the illusion of depth.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Report from Rockport
  • Artist: Stuart Davis (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1892–1964 New York)
  • Date: 1940
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, Bequest of Edith Abrahamson Lowenthal, 1991
  • Object Number: 1992.24.1
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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