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GERALD DAVIS (1938 - 2005)
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Description
Title: Entwined
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: Gerald Davis (1938–2005), Entwined, oil on canvas, signed upper right. A richly expressive abstract composition depicting two interlocking, almost figurative forms at the centre of the canvas, rendered in textured sweeps of ochre, crimson, and violet. Davis’s emotive brushwork and atmospheric handling of colour and space evoke both intimacy and energy, suggesting a symbolic embrace or spiritual union. Framed in a white and green frame with gilt slip.
Image: 38.5 x 48.5 cm.
Framed: 57 x 67 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 19:25:00
Biography
GERALD DAVIS (1938 - 2005)
Gerald Davis was a leading figure in Irish visual arts, known both as a painter and as a gallerist. His work, which explored themes of mythology, identity, and human connection, spans figuration and abstraction, often with symbolic resonance. He exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally, and his paintings are represented in major Irish public and private collections.
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Title: Entwined
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: Gerald Davis (1938–2005), Entwined, oil on canvas, signed upper right. A richly expressive abstract composition depicting two interlocking, almost figurative forms at the centre of the canvas, rendered in textured sweeps of ochre, crimson, and violet. Davis’s emotive brushwork and atmospheric handling of colour and space evoke both intimacy and energy, suggesting a symbolic embrace or spiritual union. Framed in a white and green frame with gilt slip.
Image: 38.5 x 48.5 cm.
Framed: 57 x 67 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 19:25:00
Biography
GERALD DAVIS (1938 - 2005)
Gerald Davis was a leading figure in Irish visual arts, known both as a painter and as a gallerist. His work, which explored themes of mythology, identity, and human connection, spans figuration and abstraction, often with symbolic resonance. He exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally, and his paintings are represented in major Irish public and private collections.
IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September
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Lots: 1-263
Venue Address
The Square
Durrow
Co. Laois
R32 FN88
Ireland
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Sheppard’s are pleased to present this auction of Important Irish Art. The sale includes major works of art by Daniel O’Neill, Willliam Ashford, Frank McKelvey, Grace Henry, Sean Keating, Sean McSweeney, James Humbert Craig, Sir William Orpen, Gerard Dillon, Augustus Burke, Harry Kernoff, Paul Sandby, John Henry Foley, Peter Curling, Graham Knuttel, Donald Teskey, Jean Dufy, John Behan, Rory Breslin, Siobhan Bulfin and many more.
