Artist Monograph

Gene Davis, American

American, 1920–1985

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	4	50%
Drawing	3	37.5%
Other Media	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	12.5%

Classification Types

Print — 4
Drawing — 3
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	87.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	12.5%

Range: 60.3 cm → 236.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1967	1
1970	1
1971	1
1972	1
1973	3
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Anthracite Minuet Painting Acc. 94.1967	1966	Synthetic polymer paint on umprimed canvas	7' 9 1/8" x 7' 7 1/8" (236.4 x 231.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund and purchase
Halifax Print Acc. 605.1970	(April 9-June 24, 1970)	Lithograph	composition 30 x 35 15/16" (76.2 x 91.2 cm) sheet 30 x 35 15/16" (76.2 x 91.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Stripe Drawing Executed While Thinking of the Drawing, of Sex, of Food, of an Enemy, of Sleep, of Death Drawing Acc. 1403.2018	1971	Cut-and-pasted paper with typewriting and pencil on paper	23 3/4 × 18" (60.3 × 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Drawing Acc. 274.1972	1971	Colored pencil and charcoal on paper	29 x 23 1/8" (73.7 x 58.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Untitled Drawing Acc. 616.1971	1971	Colored pencil, and pencil on paper	23 x 29" (58.5 x 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Alva Gimbel Fund
Checkmate Print Acc. 163.1973	1972 (Published 1973).	Lithograph	composition: 24 1/8 x 14 1/2" (61.3 x 36.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 40 5/16 x 30 1/16" (102.4 x 76.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Narcissus Print Acc. 164.1973	1973	Lithograph	composition: 22 1/16 x 31 9/16" (56.1 x 80.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 30 1/2 x 40 9/16" (77.4 x 103 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Tightrope Print Acc. 165.1973	1973	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 27 3/8" (46.5 x 69.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 29 1/2 x 40 3/8" (74.9 x 102.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund