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About this artwork
The series of ‘Hopi Study’ paintings was inspired by an old book on American Indian Hopi pottery decorations. The book dealt with the excavations at Sikyatki in Arizona, where pottery fragments had been discovered. The text in the painting is taken directly from the book.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Hopi Studies No. 30 (Big Blue) [Opus O.1171]
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date created:1990 - 1991
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:172.50 x 203.00 cm
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credit line:Presented by the artist 1997
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accession number:GMA 4123
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Alan Davie
Alan Davie
Davie was born in Grangemouth, near Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1948 he saw the work of the American Abstract Expressionists and was impressed by their intensity and freedom. He abandoned traditional methods of composition and subject matter and sought to free his art from...
