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Discovery of the Staff (1957-58)

Alan Davie

oil on hardboard

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

Discovery of the Staff (1957-58)

© The Estate of Alan Davie. All rights reserved. DACS 2024

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Hardboard

Physical Object Description:

Expressive semi-figurative, semi-abstract painting of person contemplating an image

Dimensions:

121.9 x 152.7 cm

Accession Number:

KINCM:2005.4853

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1959

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from artist from his solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery by Mrs Oliver Parker for the Contemporary Art Society, 1958; presented to Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 1959

Relationship:

Mrs Oliver Parker Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

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Alan Davie
Discovery of the Staff (1957-58)

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