About the Artwork
Micro-Painting
between 1966 and 1968
Gene Davis
1920 - 1985
American
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Oil on canvas
Overall (largest): 1 1/2 × 3 inches (3.8 × 7.6 cm) Overall (smallest): 5/8 × 5/8 inches (1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Paintings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.387
Restricted
Markings
Signed, in green, verso: DAVIS
Provenance
?1980, gift of the artist;?1980-2020, received by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. Exh. cat., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, 1981, p. 58.
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Gene Davis, Micro-Painting, between 1966 and 1968, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.387.
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