Smithsonian Resident Associates Program 1985 20th Anniversary Poster — Fine Art

The Smithsonian Resident Associates Program 1985 20th Anniversary Poster - 1985 by Gene Davis opens on painted bands of colour that step across the sheet in one steady direction. The stripes hold one colour each, so the shift from one band to the next is sharp and clear.

This is a fine art print set in a frame with a back panel. The backing keeps the print flat and the frame keeps the edges tidy, so the bands read as a single row instead of a stack of loose paper.

In a narrow study corridor, the row of bands pulls the eye down the passage, and from the desk you notice each colour block sitting beside the next one without blending.