Renoirs Curtain — Fine Art

Renoirs Curtain - 1977 opens on painted colour bands drawn by Gene Davis. The stripes step through the sheet in one direction. Each band holds one steady hue, and the tones shift as the eye moves along the paper. The line work stays even and the edges stay hard.

This fine art print is ready to hang on arrival. The print sits on a wall where natural light meets the painted bands. A light frame on a dark wall sets the stripes apart, while a dark frame on a pale wall lets the colour bands settle.

On a kitchen wall near the breakfast table the colour bands run past the counter. You see the steady hues from the doorway, and the hard edges read plainly at arm length on the tile wall.