Sweet Carburetor, 1969

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Color field painter Gene Davis began to employ vertical stripes of color in 1958 and continued throughout his career. He produced composition in all scales from his 43,680 square-foot Niagara (said to be the world’s largest painting) to his 3/4 square-inch “micro-paintings.” Prints such as this used a canvas support, thereby creating an affordable, domestically-scaled version of Davis’s work.

Details
Title
Sweet Carburetor
Artist Life
1920–1985
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.33.53
Provenance
(Dayton’s Gallery 12, Minneapolis, G06945; F6297, sold to Dayton); Bruce B. Dayton, Wayzata, Minn. (inv. no. 70-8); Estate of Bruce B. Dayton; bequeathed to MIA, 2016
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