Art Theory Text with Sketch 1941

Editor: Here we have "Art Theory Text with Sketch" by Stuart Davis, and it's just that, a page filled with his handwritten notes and a little drawing. It feels so immediate and personal. What jumps out at you when you see something like this? Curator: Well, the beautiful thing is to see an artist's mind at work, isn't it? He's wrestling with ideas about color, space… "the color of a field is a multiple affair." It's like peeking into his thought process, and the sketch seems to visualize that concept. Editor: It’s almost like he’s building his own visual language right there. Curator: Exactly. It's that raw energy, that quest to define what art *is*, that I find so compelling. It's about the *doing*, not just the done. Editor: I never thought about it that way before - more about process than product. Thank you. Curator: My pleasure. It is a journey of discovery, isn't it?