Gene Davis Pastel Collection Pair

Pair of English Pastels of boy and girl with original gold gilt frames.

This poster for an exhibition undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution and was produced as a Resident Associates Program Exhibit for the organizations 10th anniversary. The work is pencil signed and numbered 80 of 200. Davis was born in Washington DC in 1920 and died in the city he gave so much to in 1985. A major 20th-century figure in American painting Davis's contributions to Washington were invaluable in helping to establish DC as a center for contemporary art. Davis is also recognized as a prime mover in the national and international Color Abstract Movement and his ascendance to prominence started in the 1960s. He was never formally trained and learned his craft by constant gallery and museum visits and later said that this lack of boundaries from education freed him from any limitation on his work or process. Davis worked within the loosely formed Washington color school of painters which included other artists like Kenneth Nolan...

Abstract oil pastel sitting in a sycamore frame. It was signed by Jim Kras (as much as we can read the signature) and dated 1994.    

These fine portraits of John and Caroline Bull have been drawn with pastel on vellum. The frames come in their original frames. Both portraits carry inscriptions on the reverse. The ...

A pair of cow studies in charcoal and pastel, done by Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018), deceased Royal Academy artist in 1999. These appear to be, from the top, a Longhorn bull...

A pair of cow studies in charcoal and pastel, Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018), deceased Royal Academy artist in 1999. These appear to be, from the top, a Dexter cow and a Sta...