Ice Box P506Poster con cornice

Ice Box P506 - 1969 holds a set of narrow bands running straight up the picture. Each band sits flat against the next, with no blend where one meets another. The paint looks laid down in one slow, even pass, the hand of Gene Davis steady across every strip.

The framed poster arrives with a hanger fixed on the back, so it goes onto a nail or screw without extra fittings. That means the stripes can go straight onto the wall and start doing their work.

In a home office, the bands break up the flat grey of a monitor wall. Sitting at the desk, you catch the edge of one stripe and follow it up to the ceiling.