The Dodecagons
1968-1969
“Fiberglass cloth and mat replaced canvas as reinforcement and support for the colored resin (paint). They were painted with a brush face down on a waxed Formica table mold. The illusionary plane nearest the viewer was masked out with tape and painted first, the furthest away was painted last. Layers of fiberglass impregnated with resin were laminated to the back of the painting… The completed painting was peeled from the waxed mold and polished.”
Catalog essay accompanying the 1988 exhibition of Dodecagons at BlumHelman, LA
by Barbara Rose – Ronald Davis: Objects and Illusions
Roto, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Ring, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art, NYC
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Vector, 1969
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
Collection: The Tate Modern, London
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Roto, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ring, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Vector, 1969
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
Collection: The Tate Modern, London
Dodecagon, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
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• Lemon, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches
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• Back Up, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
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Dodecagon, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches, (shaped)
• Lemon, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches
• Back Up, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Double Ringed Roto, 1968
60 ½ x 136 inches
Collection unknown
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Five-Twelfths, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Walraff-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
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Bend III, 1969
30 1/2 X 106 3/4 inches (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
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Double Ringed Roto, 1968
60 ½ x 136 inches
Collection unknown
Five-Twelfths, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Walraff-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
Bend III, 1969
30 1/2 X 106 3/4 inches (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
Inside Light, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R. Weisman Foundation
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Spoke, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, CA
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Paolo, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
The Gund Collection, Keynon College, OH
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Inside Light, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R. Weisman Foundation
Spoke, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, CA
Paolo, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
The Gund Collection, Keynon College, OH
Silver Top, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Collection: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Spindle, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection: The Hall Art Foundation
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Strata, 1969
28 x 62 1/2 inches (shaped)
Collection: Portland Art Museum
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Silver Top, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Collection: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Spindle, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection: The Hall Art Foundation
Strata, 1969
28 x 62 1/2 inches (shaped)
Collection: Portland Art Museum
Wedge, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Collection unknown
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Zodiac, 1969
60 ½ x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Whole, 1969
50 ½ x 132 inches (shaped)
Collection: Joe Helman
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Wedge, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Collection unknown
Zodiac, 1969
60 ½ x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Whole, 1969
50 ½ x 132 inches (shaped)
Collection: Joe Helman
Radial II, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped),
Collection: The Thoma Foundation
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Radial II, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped),
Collection: The Thoma Foundation
Black Tear, 1969
60 ½ x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Estate of Robert A. Rowan
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Black Tear, 1969
60 ½ x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Estate of Robert A. Rowan
Round, 1969
50 ½ x 132 inches (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Round, 1969
50 ½ x 132 inches (shaped)
Collection unknown
Disk, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
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Turn (2/3), 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
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Channel, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Disk, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Turn (2/3), 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Channel, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Maltese, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Fringe, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Target, 1969
28 x 62 ½ inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Maltese, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Fringe, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Target, 1969
28 x 62 ½ inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Cone, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Double Ring, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
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Purple Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches
Collection unknown
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Cone, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Double Ring, 1968
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
Purple Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches
Collection unknown
Double Brown, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
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Spiral, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Private collection
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Yellow Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Double Brown, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
Spiral, 1969
60 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped),
Private collection
Yellow Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
Red Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
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Ring Skew, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches
Collection unknown
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White Lid, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R . Weisman Foundation
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Red Top, 1968
60 1/2 x 136 inches, (shaped)
Private collection
Ring Skew, 1968
60 1/2 x 134 inches
Collection unknown
White Lid, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection: Frederick R . Weisman Foundation
Half And Half, 1969
50 1/2 x 132 inches, (shaped)
Collection unknown
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Dual Level, 1969
60 1/2 x 136 inches
Collection unknown
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