Untitled
1972
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite and colored pencil on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 36.2 × 55.88 cm (14 1/4 × 22 in.) sheet: 56.52 × 76.2 cm (22 1/4 × 30 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mary H.D. Swift)
Accession Number
2015.19.2936
Art Historical Context
Gene Davis's *Untitled* (1972) is a captivating drawing from the artist's mature period, created using graphite and colored pencil onove paper. Measuring 36.2 × 55.88 cm (image) on a larger 56.52 × 76.2 cm sheet, intimate work exemplifies Davis's mastery of color and linear abstraction. As a leading figure in the Washington Color—a mid-20th-century movement in the U.S. capital—Davis gained fame for his monumental stripe paintings, which pulsed with vivid, vertical bands of color. This drawing likely served as an exploratory study, translating his bold canvas techniques to the more delicate sca...