Original 1974 Gene Davis Color Field Litho Poster. 1976 Montreal Olympics Signed

Description: Provenance: The Estate of Francis Chapman, painting assistant to Gene Davis. For sale is a very hard to find signed original 1974 lithographic poster by the well known color field artist Gene Davis (1920-1985). Davis was associated with the Washington Color Painters group that included Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. From the "U.S. Olympic Editions 1976." United States Olympic Committee, Olympics 1976. Printed by Kennedy Graphics, Inc. 1974. This poster was commissioned for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. It is done in his well known and classic hard edge geometric vertical linear patterns of varying colors. Inscribed to Fran by Gene Davis on the lower margin. Signed “Gene” by the artist. Condition; Overall good. The bottom margin having a few moisture spots that we have taken close up detailed pictures of for your consideration. THIS PRINT/POSTER SHIPS CAREFULLY ROLLED IN A LARGE SHIPPING TUBE Measurements Sheet - 42” x 25” Image - 36” x 23 1/2” GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Best known for his edge-to-edge paintings of vertical stripes in carefully demarcated bands, Gene Davis was a leading figure during the mid-twentieth century group known as the Washington Color Painters, a group that included Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. Davis was associated with his hometown of Washington, D.C. throughout his career. After studying at the University of Maryland, he began his professional life as a journalist. He served for many years as a correspondent for the White House as well as a sportswriter. Davis had no formal art training, and his initial foray into the field occurred in the 1950s when he worked at the Washington Workshop with Jacob Kainen, a noted painter of abstract works who inspired many of the Washington colorists. In 1958 Davis created his first "vertical stripe" painting, which was twelve-by-eight inches and featured yellow, pink, and violet stripes of uneven width that alternated with regularity. For Davis, the vertical stripe was a vehicle for exploring color relations that did not follow preexisting chromatic scale patterns. He pursued this idea by modifying the hues and intensities of stripes to explore relationships between figure and ground. He stated: "There is no simpler way to divide a canvas than with straight lines at equal intervals. This enables the viewer to forget the structure and see the color itself." Davis was also interested in the effect of a viewer's sustained observation of an image and suggested that a viewer should "select a specific color . . . and take the time to see how it operates across the painting." Davis continued to explore these ideas in stripe images that varied in size and proportion. In one version, he created irregularly shaped masonite panels that were embedded with rocks and gravel. He also covered a Peanuts comic strip with blue and white stripes. In the late 1960s, he created a number of large-scale works in which the placement and pattern of stripes produce complicated rhythms and sequences. Among his largest works was a mural, South Mall Project, that he executed in 1969 for the New York State Capitol. Davis also rendered micro-paintings that were no more than two inches square. These were often grouped together on one wall. Davis taught at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and at various other institutions including American University, Washington, D.C. and Skidmore College, Saratoga, New York. His work may be found in many important private and public collections, including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the San Diego Museum of Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York; the Tate Gallery, London; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.

Price: 297.5 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2024-10-05T21:21:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 14.28 USD