Beach with Litter Baskets196414 × 18"Oil on canvas boardBequest of Gloria Bley Miller2008.5.1401541332792P1.2002.14Vestie E. DavisPaintingsCopyright for this work is under review. s/lrNew YorkNew YorkUnited StatesNew YorkPaintingsNew York
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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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgP1.2002.1419641964 2008 5 14 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.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org