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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Alan Davie, Phantom in the Room 9, 1971
Alan Davie
Phantom in the Room 9, 1971
Oil on canvas
173 x 213 cms
Image courtesy of Alan Davie
£45000.00
Phantom in Room No 9 is a key work from the Phantom series and was shown in the Edinburgh International Festival, 1972. The current focus on Davie's works of the 1950s and 1960s is expected to persist, however, the works of the early years of the 1970s appear very good value by comparison and contain many elements from earlier years, albeit in a different format. Works from the 1970s are beginning to appear at dealers for prices virtually the same as very good 1960s works.
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Provenance:

 

London, Gimpel Fils Gallery Ltd (label on the reverse).

Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie (label on the reverse).

 

Exhibitions:

 

Genoa, Rinaldo Rotta Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Alan Davie. Mostra personale (stamps on the reverse);

Edinburgh, International Festival 1972, Royal Scottish Academy, Alan Davie, Paintings 1952-72, 19 August-17 September 1972;

Braunschweig, Kunstverein Braunschweig & V. Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Alan Davie, Paintings 1952-72, 5 November-22 December 1972; and

Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein e V., Alan Davie. Paintings 1952-72, January 1973.

 

Davie's abstract painting has always been concerned with a complex range of imagery and 1971 saw significant changes to the structure and content of his paintings which became much more clearly structured, compartmentalised and more precise. This is a new take on the heavily impasto works of the early 1950s where he presented us with mysterious rooms in paintings such as Between Screens, 1953. Now the room is much clearer and the colours brighter and more separate. Walls, doors and windows are used to create an enclosed universe in which the signs and symbols are clearer to divine and possess their own distinct presence and existence.

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