Artist Monograph

Alan Davie, British

British, 1920–2014

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	3	60%
Oil Painting	1	20%
Screenprint	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	80%
Painting & Sculpture	1	20%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 2
Print — 2
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	80%
Large (1–3 m)	1	20%

Range: 54.7 cm → 182.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	2
1976	1
1978	1
1987	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ram Grip Painting Acc. 672.1977	November 1960	Oil on canvas	60 1/8 x 72" (152.7 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Morton G. Neumann
Double page in-text plate (pages 24 and 25) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.7	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition (irreg.): 15 1/4 × 21 9/16" (38.7 × 54.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Double page plate (page 1 and preceding page) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.1	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition (irreg.): 15 11/16 × 21 15/16" (39.8 × 55.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.28	1972, published 1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 24 1/2" (46 x 62.2cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 25 7/8" (50 x 65.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Bird Through Wall from Penwith Portfolio Print Acc. 521.1976	1973	Lithograph	Sheet 22 1/8 x 30 7/16" (56.2 x 77.3 cm) Comp. 19 3/4 x 27 13/16" (50.2 x 70.6 cm) (irreg.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Institute of Contemporary Prints (through The International Council, by exchange)