Lot 117
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ALAN DAVIE | Black Column for a Mathematician

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alan Davie
  • Black Column for a Mathematician 
  • signed thrice, dated '53 and 53, titled and inscribed on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 192 by 152.5cm.; 75½ by 60in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Artist by the previous owners in the 1960s
Private Collection, UK
Alan Wheatley Art, London, where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Alan Davie, 1956, cat. no.14, possibly;
London, Alan Wheatley Art, Alan Davie: To Uncover the Hidden Unknown, 16th June - 22nd July 2011, cat. no.4, illustrated.

Literature

Alan Bowness (ed.), Alan Davie, Lund Humphries, London, 1967, cat. no.73 (as Black Column 69+5).