Gene Davis

Untitled

1983

A large horizontal artwork featuring numerous small, colorful symbols, icons, and abstract shapes scattered across a white background with horizontal lines, resembling a sheet of music or a timeline. The symbols include geometric shapes, squiggles, and miniature representations of everyday objects, creating a playful and intricate visual composition.

A large horizontal artwork featuring numerous small, colorful symbols, icons, and abstract shapes scattered across a white background with horizontal lines, resembling a sheet of music or a timeline. The symbols include geometric shapes, squiggles, and miniature representations of everyday objects, creating a playful and intricate visual composition.

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Date
1983

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, fiber-tipped pen, wax crayon, colored pencil, pastel, brush and ink, and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 1/8 × 44 1/2in. (76.5 × 113 cm)

Accession number
84.40.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Gene Davis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/2230

Gene Davis
6 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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