Alan Davie

The Knight Dreams of his Castle
Oil on paper
22¼ x 35¼ ins (56.6 x 89.7 cms)

signed and dated 1960

dated July 1960 and inscribed verso

Provenance:

Gimpel Fils (label verso)

Between 1959 and 1961 Davie produced a number of works with pared down content, a marked change from the frenetic and gestural paintings of the earlier decade. Simplified compositions such as Knight Dreams of his Castle and The Horse that said How contain balance structures in softer palette.

Exhibited:

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (label verso)

(catalogue not traced)

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