Sale 2151
New York
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1 - 2 April 2009
Price realised
USD 2,000
Estimate
Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985) Untitled signed and dated 'Gene Davis (1980)' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 14¾ x 11¼ in. (37.5 x 28.6 cm.) Painted in 1980.
Provenance
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Exhibited
Baltimore, The Arts Gallery, Gene Davis New Paintings and Drawings, 2 October-3 November 1980.
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