Lot Essay
The artist considers this work to be particularly important in his oeuvre as it is an example from the transitional period between retrospective works and pure abstraction
Details
Alan Davie (b.1920)
Mechanism of the Plants (Florentine Mobile)
signed and dated upper left Alan Davie 48, signed again, and inscribed on the reverse Alan Davie Movimenti in Firenze, oil on canvas
35 x 37½in. (89 x 95cm.)
Mechanism of the Plants (Florentine Mobile)
signed and dated upper left Alan Davie 48, signed again, and inscribed on the reverse Alan Davie Movimenti in Firenze, oil on canvas
35 x 37½in. (89 x 95cm.)
Literature
Ed. A. Bowness, Alan Davie, London, 1967, p.170, no.26, pl.6
Intro. D. Hall, Alan Davie, London, 1992, no.27
Intro. D. Hall, Alan Davie, London, 1992, no.27
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Alan Davie, Sept. 1950, no.51
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Alan Davie, Jun. - Aug. 1958, no.12
Glasgow, ?, Alan Davie, 1992, no.?
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Alan Davie, Jun. - Aug. 1958, no.12
Glasgow, ?, Alan Davie, 1992, no.?