Name: GENE DAVIS (1920-1985)
Brand: Six Prints by the Artist
Price: 1600.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

GENE DAVIS (1920-1985)
Six Prints by the Artist
Including: Ferris Wheel, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse; Home Run, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse; Narcissus, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse; Three Aces, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse; Tightrope, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse; Witch Doctor, lithograph in colors, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, titled on the reverse, each published by Petersburg Press, London and New York, with the copyright blindstamp
Largest Sheet: 29³⁄₄ x 40¹⁄₄ in. (756 x 1022 mm.)

Including: Ferris Wheel, Home Run, Narcissus, Three Aces, Tightrope, and Witch Doctor

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In addition to the catalogue description, occasional handling creases in places in the margins

Ferris Wheel: on oatmeal Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 25/75, the lower sheet edge trimmed, pale areas of discoloration in places (primarily at the sheet edges), a soft crease in the deckle of the upper right sheet corner, the lower left sheet corner irregular, discoloration in places on the reverse
Image: 22 x 31³⁄₄ in. (559 x 807 mm.)
Sheet: 29¹⁄₂ x 39⁷⁄₈ in. (749 x 1013 mm.)

Home Run: on oatmeal Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 32/75, a ¹⁄₄-in. tear in the lower center sheet edge, pale areas of discoloration in places (primarily at the sheet edges), occasional rubbing in places in the sheet beneath the lower left image corner, the lower left sheet corner irregular, discoloration in places on the reverse
Image: 22⁵⁄₈ x 32 in. (575 x 813 mm.)
Sheet: 29³⁄₈ x 40 in. (746 x 1016 mm.)

Narcissus: on Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 12/75, time staining, occasional pale foxmarks in places, rubbing in places in the lower sheet margin, an accretion in the lower right sheet margin, the lower left sheet corner irregular
Image: 22 x 31¹⁄₂ in. (559 x 800 mm.)
Sheet: 29³⁄₄ x 40¹⁄₄ in. (756 x 1022 mm.)

Three Aces: on Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 1/75, the sheet slightly toned, pale surface soiling in places in the upper margin, pinpoint foxmarks in places at the upper left sheet corner, occasional areas of rubbing in places in the margins, the lower left sheet corner irregular
Image: 12³⁄₈ x 16 in. (314 x 406 mm.)
Sheet: 30 x 39⁷⁄₈ in. (762 x 1013 mm.)

Tightrope: on oatmeal Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 36/75, pale discoloration at the sheet edges, two unobtrusive raised areas in the right sheet margin, the lower left sheet corner irregular, discoloration in places on the reverse
Image: 18¹⁄₄ x 27¹⁄₄ in. (464 x 692 mm.)
Sheet: 29³⁄₈ x 40 in. (746 x 1016 mm.)

Witch Doctor: on oatmeal Hodgkinson handmade paper, numbered 36/75, occasional areas of discoloration in places in the sheet, horizontal creasing at the right sheet edge, occasional small tears at the lower sheet edge (the longest measuring ⁵⁄₈-in.), discoloration in places on the reverse
Image: 20¹⁄₈ x 10¹⁄₈ in. (511 x 257 mm.)
Sheet: 40¹⁄₈ x 29⁷⁄₈ in. (1019 x 759 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of six unframed prints.

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