Alan Davie

The Taylor Gallery, Belfast, where acquired by the present owner

Unexamined out of frame. The sheet appears itself adhered in at least all four corners to a mount support. There are pin holes in all four corners, and cockling throughout the sheet. There are area of loss surrounding the pin holes in all four corners. There is a possible repaired tear to the centre of the extreme left hand edge, with a further gathered creasing to the centre of the right hand edge. There is a further repaired tear and area of possible in-filling appearing to the top left of the left-hand orange area, visible upon close inspection, and a further small area of creasing to the centre of the bottom edge. Elsewhere there is surface dirt, staining and studio detritus visible to the sheet, in part at due to the nature of the artist's materials, with further spots of foxing apparent. There is craquelure to the brown pigment. Housed behind glass in a thin dark wooden frame, float-mounted against a cream card mount. Unexamined out of frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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