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

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