Black Dahlia 

Gene Davis 

1971
Screenprint
79.25 x 40  inches

A vertical composition of thin stripes in varying colors transition from mostly gray-blues and gray-greens on the left to more pinks, greens, and light purples on the right. Each stripe has a lighter value, like a highlight, down its center that gives the illusion of either a cylindrical form or that the line is glowing. The lines blur slightly together on the left side and progressively become more clearly defined to the right.