Alan Davie 1920-2014
Witches Conversation, 1956
Oil on board
152 x 122 cms
59 13/16 x 48 1/16 ins
59 13/16 x 48 1/16 ins
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Many of Davie's key work date from 1956-57. In the present painting Davie not only displays his formidable mastery of paint, which is applied rapidly and fluidly, but also traces...
Many of Davie's key work date from 1956-57.
In the present painting Davie not only displays his formidable mastery of paint, which is applied rapidly and fluidly, but also traces of human forms. these forms, although embedded in the image are highly sexualised and include suggestions of highly aroused figures.
Davie has written that for him 'what can be closer to the mystery of creation than the sexual act - the driving force of the universe - truly a LOSING OF THE SELF IN MYSTICAL UNION.'
Related paintings are held by the Tate Gallery in London and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.
In the present painting Davie not only displays his formidable mastery of paint, which is applied rapidly and fluidly, but also traces of human forms. these forms, although embedded in the image are highly sexualised and include suggestions of highly aroused figures.
Davie has written that for him 'what can be closer to the mystery of creation than the sexual act - the driving force of the universe - truly a LOSING OF THE SELF IN MYSTICAL UNION.'
Related paintings are held by the Tate Gallery in London and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.
Provenance
The ArtistGimpel Fils