Ian Davenport, British b.1966 - 21, 2014; acrylic and water-based paints on Fabriano Aristico paper, signed, dated and numbered verso 'I Davenport 2014 21/30', 31 x 27 cm (ARR) Provenance: Waddington Custot, London, where purchased by the present...

Ian Davenport, British b.1966 - 21, 2014; acrylic and water-based paints on Fabriano Aristico paper, signed, dated and numbered verso 'I Davenport 2014 21/30', 31 x 27 cm (ARR) Provenance: Waddington Custot, London, where purchased by the present owner. This work is by the English painter Ian Davenport, who attended Goldsmiths College alongside classmates Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Gary Hume. His work was also included in Freeze, a 1988 exhibition curated by Hirst which featured the artworks of a number of artists who would later be classed as the Young British Artists (YBA). This work demonstrates Davenport’s signature style, which involves the application of bright pigments in large-scale vertical lines, leading commentators to compare his work with that of Bridget Riley, another influential contemporary British artist.