Lot 298: Donald Evans (1945-1977)

Domino - 12 stamps in one frame pen and black ink and watercolour on paper 30 x 21 cm. (overall) Executed in 1973. PROVENANCE Hester van Royen Gallery Ltd, London. LITERATURE W. Eigerhart, The world of Donald Evans, Amsterdam 1980, p. 68-69 (ill). EXHIBITION Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Donald Evans, 24 December 1980 - 8 February 1981, no.38. NOTES In interviews, Donald Evans said he made domino stamps because he liked the game. He liked the sound of dominos and the way they look, so he invented a newly independent country called Domino and put them on its stamps.