Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1979.12.1 |
Object Name |
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Description |
In pencil at the bottom left is "56/75 VIII," at right "Alan Davie 70," and top left rear "147856." Signed in pencil at right "Alan Davie" Moons, snakes, ladders, hearts, and other symbols in this print suggesting a human couple and an African mask demonstrate Davie’s unique visual vocabulary. He began his artistic career as a jazz musician, the influence of which is seen in his expressive art. He embraced the instinctual use of color and freedom of form employed by multiple art movements post–World War II, and was also inspired by so–called Primitive art from Africa and the Pacific, as well as Zen Buddhism. Davie’s signs and symbols were not meant to be logically interpreted, but to serve as a means—much like the practice of meditation—to "arouse . . . direct knowledge by intuition." |
Title |
VIII, from the Foxwatch Series |
Date |
1970 |
Role of Creator |
Artist |
Creator |
Davie, Alan |
Medium |
color lithograph |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-24.75 W-32.11 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of Paul Feldman |
Place of Origin |
Europe |
Subjects |
Primitivism Music Jazz Symbols Expressionism |
Relation |
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