Lot 130
  • 130

Alan Davie

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alan Davie
  • Parrot Grip No.1
  • signed and dated Oct 60 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 101.5 by 122cm.; 40 by 48in.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Sale, Christies, London, 1st December 1988, lot 762 

Exhibited

New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Alan Davie, October - November 1961.

Literature

Alan Bowness (ed.), Alan Davie, Lund Humphries, London, 1967, no. 290, illustrated.

Condition

Original canvas. There is some very minor surface dirt otherwise in excellent original condition with strong passages of impasto throughout. Held in a simple wood frame. Please note that the colours are stronger and more vibrant with far greater surface texture than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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