Alan Davie
(Scotland 28 Sep 1920–Unknown)
- Title
- Flag dream No. 4: wheel
- Year
- 1957
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic enamel on hardboard
- Dimensions
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122.0 x 152.5cm board; 124.0 x 155.0 x 5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.r. verso, black crayon "Alan Davie JUN. 57".
- Credit
- Purchased 1960
- Accession number
- OB1.1960
- Copyright
- © Alan Davie
- Location
- Not on display
- Provenance (1)
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Alan Davie (Scotland, b.1920, d.Unknown), Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1959. Purchased from the exhibition 'Recent paintings by seven British artists' Australian State Galleries 1959.
- Bibliography (12)
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Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 34 (colour illus.), 75. cat.no. 485
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 56.
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 46 (illus.).
National Art Gallery, Wellington (New Zealand), When art hits the headlines: a survey of controversial art in New Zealand, Wellington, 1987.
'Artist's choice No. 10: Alan Davie: Flag dream No. 4: Wheel' by Hector Gilliland, pg. 318-319, Art and Australia (Vol. 19, No. 3) Autumn 1982, Autumn 1982, 318, 319 (colour illus.), 320.
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). no catalogue numbers
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 60 (colour illus.).
Author Unknown (Author), Alan Davie, 1967, 174. cat.no. 179
1960 Acquisitions 1960, 1960. cat.no. 57
'Abstracts from Britain at the N.S.W. Gallery', The Sydney Morning Herald 17 Mar 1959, 17 Mar 1959.
'Freer trend seen, Abstract art from U.K.' by Laurie Thomas, Sun 17 Mar 1959, 17 Mar 1959.
The British Council (England), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Recent paintings seven British artists, 1959. cat.no. 7
- Exhibition history (12)
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Premio Lissone, Milan Art Prize 1957, Premio Lissone, post Jun 1957–post Jun 1957.
Alan Davie Retrospective 1936-1958, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 26 Jun 1958–10 Aug 1958.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Queensland Art Gallery, Feb 1959–Mar 1959.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Mar 1959–12 Apr 1959.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], May 1959–May 1959.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Jun 1959–Jun 1959.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of South Australia, Jul 1959–Jul 1959.
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Aug 1959–Aug 1959.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.
18 British Paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Jun 1965–Jul 1965.
Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981.
When art hits the headlines, National Art Gallery, Wellington, 26 Nov 1987–20 Feb 1988.
