Post War & Contemporary Art 
24 May 2022
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Gene Davis 1920–1985

Fugue for Dandelions

1976
acrylic on canvas 68 h × 91¼ w in (173 × 232 cm)
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $45,000
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Signed and dated to verso ‘G. Davis 1976’.
provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Private Collection | Christie's, New York, First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art, 6 March 2012, Lot 185 | Private Collection

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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I became convinced that the way to make really good art was to do the outrageous, the unexpected — to be a renegade ... to do things that were new for their own sake, whether they were good or bad.

Gene Davis

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