GENE DAVIS, AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.C. 1920-1985, SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM, 1980, Silkscreen, Full sheet: 30 x 26 in. (76.2 x 66 cm.), Frame: 32 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (82.6 x 72.4 cm.)

GENE DAVIS
AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1920-1985
SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM, 1980
Silkscreen
Lower right signed in graphite: Gene Davis

Catalogue note:
Gene Davis was born in Washington D.C., in 1920 and spent nearly all his life there. Before 1968, when he was able to turn his painting into a full-time job, Davis worked as a journalist, taking on jobs as a sportswriter and as a White House Correspondent during the Truman administration. He was a self-taught artist who is best known for his colorful acrylic stripe paintings. Davis made a point that he was not an abstract artist: "I'm interested in the stripe as subject matter," he explained. "Just as Picasso will take the human figure and do all kinds of twists on it; I take the simple stripe use it in all of its many variations."

Source: Denver Art Museum (denverartmuseum.org/en/edu/object/phantom-tattoo)
Dimensions: Full sheet: 30 x 26 in. (76.2 x 66 cm.), Frame: 32 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (82.6 x 72.4 cm.) Artist Name: GENE DAVIS Medium: Silkscreen

Condition: This work is in good condition.
The work is archivally hinged.
The work has an inch hairline tear in the margin (see jpeg)
There are some old creases in the paper visible in raking light. (see jpeg) - the work was possibly rolled at one time-

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