Albert Irvin, R.A.

Eskom GmbH, from whom acquired by Carl-Eugen Antonio von Ondarza, October 2019

Sale, Christie's London, 29 September 2020, lot 198, where acquired by the present owner

Berlin, Deutsche Oper, 1974 - 1977, on long term loan

Quest was one of the very first paintings that Irvin did in his then 'new' large studio in Stepney Green, found for him by SPACE Studios. He was finally able to start painting on very large canvases which proved transformative for him and this size of work became what he was best known for doing for many years. A related study for this work, Opus w.10, from 1972, was exhibited as part of the Royal Academy exhibition, Brought to Light, The Unseen Watercolours, January 2020 - February 2022.

Celia Irvin