Black Grey Beat

Gene Davis, Black Grey Beat, 1964, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection, 1980.6.15
Gene Davis, Black Grey Beat, 1964, acrylic on canvas, 90 3⁄4 x 187 in. (230.5 x 475.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection, 1980.6.15

Artwork Details

Title
Black Grey Beat
Artist
Date
1964
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
90 3⁄4 x 187 in. (230.5 x 475.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
1980.6.15
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1980.6.15

Artwork Description

The Museum of Modern Art included Black Grey Beat in a groundbreaking 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye. The curator, William Seitz, placed Davis among the color imagists [who] are poetic, even romantic in approach," freely choosing bold colors for their "billboards."

Gene Davis: Hot Beat, 2016

Works by this artist (2 items)

Jocelyn Chateauvert, Ophelia, 2007, abaca and sterling silver, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Margot R. Heckman, 2007.13
Ophelia
Artist
Date2007
abaca and sterling silver
Not on view
Jocelyn Chateauvert, Scratch, 2007, abaca, copper, walnut dye, pigment and thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jacqueline Blank, Shirley Jacobs, Marilyn and John W. Barrett, Sherley and Bernard Koteen, Lois and Dirk Jecklin and museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2008.11
Scratch
Artist
Date2007
abaca, copper, walnut dye, pigment and thread
Not on view

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