Art Theory Text with Woman’s Head c. 1933

Editor: This is "Art Theory Text with Woman's Head" by Stuart Davis. It looks like ink on paper. I'm struck by the angularity of the head and how it contrasts with the handwritten text. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Note the interplay between line and text. The text itself negates traditional elements, emphasizing relative spatial allocation. How does the geometric structure of the head reinforce or challenge the textual declaration against "purity of line?" Editor: So it's about the tension between the lines creating the face and the lines of the text? I never would have considered the words as part of the composition. Curator: Precisely. The work compels us to consider the structural relationship between the visual and the textual, and how they mutually define space and form. Editor: I guess I was looking at the head as a face, not as a series of relationships. Thanks!