Peeping Wall

Gene Davis, Peeping Wall, 1960, magna on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 1996.104.4
Gene Davis, Peeping Wall, 1960, magna on canvas, 96 x 90 in. (243.8 x 228.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 1996.104.4

Artwork Details

Title
Peeping Wall
Artist
Date
1960
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
96 x 90 in. (243.8 x 228.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis
Mediums Description
magna on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
1996.104.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.104.4

Artwork Description

In this early painting, with a simple matrix and only five colors, Davis allows the raw canvas to peek through between washes of magna paint. Intended or not, the gaps generate additional, very slim stripes that create “auras” around the classic bands.

Gene Davis: Hot Beat, 2016

Works by this artist (22 items)

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Eddie Arning, Birds, 1969, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.163
Birds
Artist
Date1969
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings, 1970, oil pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.7
Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings
Artist
Date1970
oil pastel on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Soldiers, ca. 1968, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.9
Two Soldiers
Artist
Dateca. 1968
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Houses, 1967, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.2
Two Houses
Artist
Date1967
crayon on paper
Not on view

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Seymour Lipton, Untitled, 1959, oil crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alan Lipton and Michael Lipton, 1994.98.2, © 1994, Michael Lipton and Alan Lipton
Untitled
Artist
Date1959
oil crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Birds, 1969, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.163
Birds
Artist
Date1969
crayon on paper
Not on view
Gene Davis, Untitled, 1976, pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 2000.43.12
Untitled
Artist
Date1976
pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on paper
Not on view
Joseph Stella, Pine Tree, 1919, silverpoint and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Caroline Keck, 2008.17
Pine Tree
Artist
Date1919
silverpoint and crayon on paper
Not on view