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Chesapeake

1957

Gene Davis

Painter, American, 1920 - 1985

Medium

oil on canvas
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Dimensions

overall: 90.17 × 62.23 cm (35 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.)
Accession

2015.19.178

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift 14 April 1982 from the artist to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

Washington Color and Light, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010-2011, no catalogue.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: #47 / CHESAPEAKE / Gene Davis (1957)

Wikidata ID

Q46636222

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