Andrew Purvis (b. 1963)

oil and wax on cotton duck, signed, titled and dated verso ‘Andrew Purvis, Abyss, 2001’

Cool jazz.
Ambiguous and engaging, ABYSS is one of few purely abstract paintings in the collection. Despite the sombre title, it’s full of colour, rhythm and jazzy invention. I can’t resist works that invite personal narratives and, knowing of Andrew’s interest in post-war European abstraction, I imagined ABYSS as a 1950’s Paris nightclub, with Miles Davis and Juliette Greco on the dance floor, swinging to Kind of Blue.
– Jim Sharman (2023)

Measurements:

137 x 137 cm

Provenance:

Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, Collection of Jim Sharman, Sydney

Exhibited:

Painting Now, 9 August - 8 September 2001, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney

Labels:

Kaliman Gallery, Sydney

• EStimate $1,500 - $2,500
• sold $2,700 Incl BP