Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

I RISH & I NTERNATIONAL A RT A UCTION M ONDAY 30 TH A PRIL 2018 AT 6.00 PM 79 Alan Davie ( - ) Scottish TKZ BY NIGHT (2012) signed three times and dated 2012 oil on paper 26 x 29cm (10.24 x 11.42in) Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery, London (label verso); Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection A Scot by birth, Alan Davie was a jazz musician as well as a painter, a free creative spirit of amazing energy. Tapping into Abstract Expressionism early on, he was a hit in New York but initially met with incomprehension back in the UK. Major success did arrive, though fashions changed. There was a revival of interest in his work in the last ten years of his life and since. His exuberant inventiveness is fully apparent in this little, incandescent improvisation, which could refer to the South African house music group of that acronymic title. €1,500-2,000 (£1,304-1,739)