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Beach with Litter Baskets
Vestie Davis, 1903-1978
New York City
1964
Oil on canvas board
1…
Beach with Litter Baskets
Beach with Litter Baskets
Vestie Davis, 1903-1978
New York City
1964
Oil on canvas board
1…
Beach with Litter Baskets Vestie Davis, 1903-1978 New York City 1964 Oil on canvas board 14 x 18" Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York Bequest of Gloria Bley Miller, 2008.5.14 Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Record Details

Beach with Litter Baskets

Artist ((1903–1978))
Date1964
Place/RegionNew York City, New York, United States
MediumOil on canvas board
Dimensions14 × 18"
Credit LineBequest of Gloria Bley Miller
Accession number2008.5.14
CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.
Description

The carnival-like atmosphere of Coney Island figures largely in Vestie Davis’s oeuvre. Typically these scenes capture the crowds and vitality of the busy, boisterous locale. Occasionally, though, Davis worked in a quieter mode, revisiting subject matter but devoid of people. Davis aptly called works such as this one “empties.”

Stacy C. Hollander, "Beach with Litter Baskets," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.

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