ALAN DAVIE C.B.E., R.A., H.R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1920-2014) §
THOUGHTS FOR A GIANT BIRD, OPUS 0.526B - 1963
£40,201
Contemporary & Post-War Art // Prints & Multiples
Auction: Contemporary & Post-War Art: 09 August 2023 | From 11:00
Description
Signed, titled and dated verso to each panel, oil on canvas, diptych
Dimensions
each panel 183cm x 152.5cm (72in x 60in)
Provenance
Provenance: The artist,
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, London
Footnote
Exhibited: Gimpel Fils, London 'Alan Davie,' 1966, exhibition no.2;
Leicester City Art Gallery, 'Alan Davie’, 1966-67;
Tate Gallery, London, ‘Recent British Painting’, 1967;
Adelaide Festival of Arts, 'New British Painting,' 1970, cat. no. 28;
Artsite, Bath Festival, 'An exhibition of Post War and Contemporary British Art,' 1985
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'The 246th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London,' 09/06-17/08/14.
Literature: Bowness, Alan, ‘Alan Davie’, Lund Humphries, London: 1967, no.465, illustrated, p.97.
Bowness, Alan, ‘Recent British Painting’, London: 1968, No.29, illustrated, p. 71.