Editions & Works on Paper 
14 August 2024
Editions & Works on Paper 
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Gene Davis 1920–1985

Five Works

1973-79
lithograph in colors on Hodgkinson oatmeal handmade each: 29½ h × 40½ w in (75 × 103 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $2,772
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Lot includes Tightrope, Home Run, Narcissus, Three Aces and Ferris Wheel. Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge of each work ‘A/P ©Gene Davis 1973’ '18/75 ©Gene Davis 1973', ‘27/75 ©Gene Davis 1973’ ,‘27/75 ©Gene Davis 1973’ and '74/75 ©Gene Davis 1973' with blindstamps and watermarks. Titled to verso of four works 'Three Aces', 'Ferris Wheel', ‘Tightrope’ and ‘Home Run’. One work is artist's proof 1 of 15 apart from the edition of 75. Four additional works are numbers 18, 27, 27 and 74 from the editions of 75 printed and published by Petersburg Press, London and New York.

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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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