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Premier Auction - Session I | November 11, 2022

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 619

Gene Davis Silkscreen

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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(Washington, DC, 1920-1985)

Signal, 24/200, signed lower right "Davis 1972", titled lower middle with blindstamp lower left, stamped verso color silkscreen, 40 x 29-7/8 in.; modern white painted frame, 41-1/2 x 31-1/2 in.

Note:

Gene Davis is an artist associated with the Washington Color School. The movement was a response to the abstract expressionism centered in New York City. Its proponents included the artists Sam Gilliam, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, and Alma Thomas. "An exhibition of their paintings in 1965 at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art cemented their reputation for creating paintings that disregarded structure for color. Many of the artists used acrylic paint on raw canvas, which led to the descriptive hard edge painting."

Provenance: A Private Georgia Collection

Condition

loose, full sheet, light toning, minor scuffing of ink, good condition; frame with some wear

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