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Jungle Harbour
194619 7/16 x 23 7/16 in. (49.4 x 59.6 cm)
Edward John Stevens, Jr.
United States (Jersey City, NJ, 1923 – 1988, Passaic, NJ)
Object Type:
Watercolor
Medium and Support:
Gouache on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Anna W. M. Wolf
Accession Number:
1964.112
Location: Not currently on view
Described as a “most unusual personality,” Edward John Stevens, Jr. was only 23 and primarily self-taught when he attained acclaim in the competitive New York City art world. After participating in his first group exhibition at the Weyhe Gallery in 1943, he was awarded with annual one-man shows over the next four years, from which every painting was sold. His imaginary scenes of fantastical animals and environments showed the influence of African and Pre-Columbian art, and modernist styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. He painted Jungle Harbour after his first trip to Cuba. The meticulously-detailed surface demonstrates horror vacui (from the Latin “fear of empty space”), a characteristic common in art made by untrained artists.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Artist's signature, lower left: Edward John Stevens, Jr. 1946
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013