Flower Machine
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Object Details
- Artist
- Gene Davis, born Washington, DC 1920-died Washington, DC 1985
- Exhibition Label
- The title of this work reflects the mechanical process Davis perfected during the 1960s, outlining his stripes in pencil with straight board. Stripes of equal width emphasize color, he said, and "prevent the eye from becoming overly aware the composition."
- Gene Davis: Hot Beat, 2016
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis
- 1964
- Object number
- 2005.19.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- magna on canvas
- Dimensions
- 94 1/2 x 111 in. (240.0 x 281.9 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract\geometric
- Record ID
- saam_2005.19.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73dad0c83-578c-49dd-9045-045610e01f7d
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