Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 12th November 2018

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 12 th N ovember 2018 at 6.00 pm 59 48 Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) British Hackford Series No. 21 (1990) signed top centre and dated (19)’90 gouache 56.5 x 76cm (22.25 x 30in) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Exhibited: Gimpel Fils Gallery, London (label verso) €3,000-€4,000 (£2,678-£3,571) A quintessentially London artist, Albert Irvin lived and worked in the city, and his titles are taken from its highways and byways. Having begun as a figurative artist, Irvin jumped into his own brand of exuberant, colourful abstraction, making buoyant, cheering compositions from just a few linear motifs. A geometric underpinning is always there, but expressed with the lightest gestural touch. He was an alchemist of colour, light and pattern.