Green Hammer
<p>Gene Davis, <em>Green Hammer</em>, 1968. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 52 1/2 × 67 7/8 in. (133.4 × 172.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Saralee and Robert Fine 2017.44. © Estate of Gene Davis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1968
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 52 1/2 × 67 7/8 in. (133.4 × 172.4 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Gene Davis
Artist
Painting
Gene Davis was an American painter associated with the Color Field movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of vertical stripes in vivid, carefully calibrated hues that created optical vibration and spatial illusion. His paintings eschew representational content entirely, instead treating color relationships and rhythm as the primary subject.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Gene Davis
- Year
- 1968
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 52 1/2 × 67 7/8 in. (133.4 × 172.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1968-174728
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified