Oriole
Artist
Gene Davis
American, 1920–1985
Date1966
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions49 x 69 in. (124.5 x 175.3 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (133.4 x 184.2 x 5.4 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (133.4 x 184.2 x 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.75.11.5
On View
Not on view[1] Fischbach Gallery inv. no. 61.
Published ReferencesH[uston] P[aschal], "Rethinking Familiar Images," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1991), mentioned 4-5.
Max Halperen, "Seeing old friends in a new light at Museum of Art," Raleigh: News and Observer (September 8, 1991), 3H.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," November 23, 1975-March 7, 1976.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "Kaleidoscope: Patterns in Art," September 15, 1988-June 25,1989.
Winston-Salem, NC, Reynolda House, "Twentieth Century American Art," December 6, 1979-January 31, 1980.
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