PROVENANCE
Waddington Galleries, London (directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Michigan, USA (February 1998)
Private Collection, Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA
The artist
EXHIBITED
‘Ian Davenport’, Galleria Moncada, Rome, 5 November–19 December 1997
‘Elegant Austerity’, Waddington Galleries, London, 18 February–14 March 1998, catalogue no.15 (repro. in colour)
‘Ian Davenport: Reflections’,Waddington Custot, London, 21 September–21 November 2026 (not in catalogue)

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