Red Baron

Gene Davis, Red Baron, ca. 1966, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 1996.104.31
Gene Davis, Red Baron, ca. 1966, acrylic on canvas, 78 3440 38 in. (200.0102.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 1996.104.31

Artwork Details

Title
Red Baron
Artist
Date
ca. 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
78 3440 38 in. (200.0102.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
1996.104.31

Artwork Description

Davis often broke his own rules. In Red Baron he juxtaposed stripes of different widths and sets of colors. He identified such visual conflict as "inherent in my personality...a schizoid quality. ...I've been hung up on paintings that are split down the middle."

Gene Davis: Hot Beat, 2016

Works by this artist (11 items)

M. Paul Roche, Portrait of John Burroughs, 1910, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.270
Portrait of John Burroughs
Date1910
etching
Not on view
M. Paul Roche, Untitled, 1933, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, 1975.28.11
Untitled
Date1933
lithograph
Not on view
M. Paul Roche, Untitled, ca. 1932, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, 1975.28.10
Untitled
Dateca. 1932
lithograph
Not on view

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