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Untitled

Artist/Maker (American, 1920–1985)
Date1977
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 26 3/4 × 31 in. (67.9 × 78.7 cm)
Frame: 28 × 32 1/8 in. (71.1 × 81.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carl Read Gerber (OC 1958) in honor of George H. Langeler, Emeritus Dean of Students, Oberlin College
Object number1998.18.3
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Gene Davis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkMore Information
The time element in my work has been missed by most critics. That is, the analogy between dividing up two-dimensional space and dividing up time. It's almost as if I were, in my stripe paintings, doing an abstraction of time---a spatial abstraction of time. (Gene Davis, 1975)
ProvenanceCarl R. Gerber, Washington, DC; by gift 1998 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Acquisitions in Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 25, 2001 - January 13, 2002 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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