Vestie Davis (American, 1903-1978), Parachute Jump at Coney Island

Oil on canvas board, 1959, signed and dated at lower right, retaining hand-written note to the verso, framed.

Board 16 x 12 in.; Frame dimensions 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and Ruth Nicholson of Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Vestie Davis was a self-taught American folk artist best known for his lively, densely populated scenes of New York City landmarks. Born in Baltimore, he moved to New York in 1928 and began painting in 1947, developing a distinctive, colorful style that celebrated familiar urban subjects, particularly Coney Island. His work is held in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Milwaukee Art Museum. Davis was honored with the retrospective exhibition Vestie Davis’s New York at the American Folk Art Museum, which opened in 2009 and continued into 2010.

Good estate condition, slight yellowing to the varnish.