| Lot: 1 |
| Gerard Dillon, (1916-1971) |
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| FAMILY IN COUNTRYSIDE |
| signed lower right |
| monotype with watercolour on paper |
| 25 by 33cm., 10 by 13in. |
| Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner |
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| Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 |
Price Realised: € 3900 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 2 |
| George Campbell, RHA (1917-1979) |
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| FRUIT SELLER |
| signed and dated [1970] lower right; typed exhibition label on reverse giving title and price (£75) |
| collage, watercolour and pencil on paper |
| 64 by 51cm., 25 by 20in. |
| Provenance: |
| Exhibited: 'George Campbell R.H.A.', David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, April - May 1971, catalogue no. 15 |
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| Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 |
Price Realised: € 4600 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
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| Lot: 3 |
| Arthur Armstrong, RHA (1924-1996) |
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| KITCHEN INTERIOR WITH VIEW OF COURTYARD AND PUMP |
| signed lower left |
| wax crayon and pencil on paper |
| 36 by 28cm., 14 by 11in. |
| Provenance: The artist's studio sale, de Vere's, Dublin, 3 February 1998 |
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| Notes:Armstrong made repeated trips to Spain throughout his life, often staying with his good friend George Campbell. The pump seen through the open doorway in this work is quite likely the same one that was painted on a number of occasions by Campbell, seen for instance in Still Life with Old Pump, Palo (sold through these rooms, 19 February 2002, lot 54). |
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| Estimate: € 1,500-2,000 |
Price Realised: € 1600 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 4 |
| Kenneth Webb, RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927) |
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| SNOW SCENE |
| signed and dated [1959] lower right; inscribed gallery label on reverse |
| gouache on board |
| 50 by 28cm., 19.5 by 11in. |
| Provenance: John Magee, Belfast |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-5,000 |
Price Realised: € 4600 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 5 |
| Gerard Dillon, (1916-1971) |
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| GYPSIES BY A FIRE |
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| watercolour |
| 20 by 20cm., 8 by 8in. |
| Provenance: Private collection, Dublin (ex. same collection as lot 7) |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 |
Price Realised: € 3400 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 6 |
| Tony O'Malley, HRHA (1913-2003) |
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| BACKYARD, WINTER |
| signed lower right |
| watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper |
| 28 by 41cm., 11 by 16in. |
| Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Brigid Lalor, New Ross, Co. Wexford |
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| Notes:Painted circa 1950s. |
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| Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 |
Price Realised: € 3000 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 7 |
| Gerard Dillon, (1916-1971) |
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| YOUNG COUPLE STANDING AMIDST A FOREST |
| signed lower left |
| watercolour |
| 27 by 38cm., 10.5 by 15in. |
| Provenance: Private collection, Dublin |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 |
Price Realised: € 3600 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 8 |
| Markey Robinson, (1918-1999) |
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| ON THE SEINE, PARIS and VIEW ON THE SEINE (A PAIR) |
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| gouache on board |
| 17 by 24cm., 6.5 by 9.5in. |
| Provenance: Acquired from the artist by the present owner in 1952. |
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| Notes:The second work measures 6.5 by 8.5in. |
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| Estimate: € 4,000-6,000 |
Price Realised: € 4200 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 9 |
| Desmond Carrick, RHA (b.1928) |
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| CATTLE IN AN AUTUMNAL LANDSCAPE |
| signed lower left |
| oil on board |
| 41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in. |
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| Estimate: € 1,500-2,000 |
Price Realised: € 2200 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 10 |
| Peter Collis, RHA (b.1929) |
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| STILL LIFE OF FRUIT |
| signed lower right; exhibition label on reverse |
| oil on canvas |
| 64 by 76cm., 25 by 30in. |
| Provenance: Trinity Gallery, London; Bonham's, Chelsea, 23 April 1992, Lot 116 |
| Exhibited: 'Peter Collis ARHA Recent Work 1989-1991', Trinity Gallery, 43 Albemarle Street London, 5-29 March 1991, catalogue no. 1 (illustrated in catalogue) |
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| Estimate: € 5,000-7,000 |
Price Realised: € 6300 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
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| Lot: 11 |
| Pauline Bewick, RHA (b.1935) |
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| THE YELLOW MAN ON HIS BELLY WITH AN ANT ON HIS HAND |
| signed lower right; dated [1995] lower left; inscribed beneath image |
| watercolour with pen and ink |
| 20 by 18cm., 8 by 7in. |
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| Notes:Accompanied by a limited edition copy of Bewick’s The Yellow Man, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1995. Fifty copies of the limited edition were issued, each specially bound in linen-covered boards with a yellow cloth covered slipcase stamped in gilt and blind, and each with an original watercolour loosely inserted. This was no. 15 in the edition, and has been inscribed by the artist on one of the preliminary pages of the book, and numbered on the spine of both the book and its slipcase and in the upper left hand corner of the (now framed) watercolour. |
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| Estimate: € 1,500-2,000 |
Price Realised: € 1600 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
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| Lot: 12 |
| Colin Middleton, MBE RHA (1910-1983) |
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| ABSTRACT FORM |
| signed and dated [1967] lower right |
| ink and wash on paper |
| 24 by 17cm., 9.5 by 6.75in. |
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| Estimate: € 1,000-1,500 |
Price Realised: € 1300 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 13 |
| Colin Middleton, MBE RHA (1910-1983) |
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| SEATED WOMAN IN BLUE |
| signed in monogram lower right |
| oil on board |
| 61 by 61cm., 24 by 24in. |
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| Estimate: € 12,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 13500 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 14 |
| Louis le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916) |
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| BOY WITH FISH |
| signed with initials and dated [1954] lower left (also signed in full below mount) |
| pencil on paper |
| 14 by 17cm., 5.5 by 6.75in. |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-5,000 |
Price Realised: € 3400 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 15 |
| Kenneth Webb, RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927) |
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| DONEGAL MOSAIC |
| signed and dated [1961] lower left; inscribed on reverse |
| oil on canvas laid on board |
| 41 by 60cm., 16 by 23.5in. |
| Provenance: |
| Exhibited: 'Kenneth Webb', Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, April 1961, catalogue no. 18 (65gns) |
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| Notes:Full inscription reads "A.I.A. Picture Lending Library / 'Donegal Mosaic' / £45 / By Kenneth Webb / 3 Kilmakee Park / Belfast 5". |
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| Estimate: € 4,000-6,000 |
Price Realised: € 6200 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 16 |
| Barbara Warren, RHA (b.1925) |
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| SETTING SAIL ONE MORNING |
| signed lower left; exhibition label on reverse |
| oil on canvas |
| 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in. |
| Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Emer Gallery, Belfast; Private collection, Belfast |
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| Notes:With an unfinished landscape on reverse. |
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| Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 |
Price Realised: € 4200 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 17 |
| Seán McSweeney, HRHA (b.1935) |
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| TREES ON THE HILL |
| signed and inscribed on reverse |
| oil on board |
| 14 by 19cm., 5.5 by 7.5in. |
| Provenance: |
| Exhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 27 July-August, 1978 |
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| Estimate: € 1,500-2,000 |
Price Realised: € 2400 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 18 |
| Norah McGuinness, (1901-1980) |
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| FLIGHT OVER MULROY BAY |
| signed lower right; inscribed label on reverse |
| oil on canvas |
| 51 by 76cm., 20 by 30in. |
| Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin |
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| Notes:Mulroy Bay is between Sheep Haven and Lough Swilly, North Donegal. |
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| Estimate: € 12,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 28000 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
| Lot: 19 |
| Charles Vincent Lamb, RHA RUA (1893-1964) |
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| RIVER SCENE |
| signed lower left; memorial exhibition label on reverse |
| oil on panel |
| 27 by 36cm., 10.5 by 14in. |
| Provenance: Dr Hosey, Dublin; Private collection, Dublin |
| Exhibited: 'Charles Lamb Memorial Exhibition', Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1969, catalogue no. 34 |
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| Notes:Painted circa 1934. |
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| Estimate: € 4,000-6,000 |
Price Realised: € 7500 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
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| Lot: 20 |
| Theodore James Gracey, RUA (1895-1959) |
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| MORNING, LOUGH CONN |
| signed lower left; inscribed label, giving title and artist's address (7 Ferguson Drive, Strandtown, Belfast) on reverse |
| oil on canvas |
| 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in. |
| Provenance: Family of the artist |
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| Notes:According to the artist’s family, this work is one of only approximately a dozen recorded oils painted by Gracey, who usually worked in watercolours. Gracey was a friend of Keating’s and McKelvey’s, whose influence may be detected in this work. For a full biographical entry, see Snoddy, p.205. |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 |
Price Realised: € 2800 |
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| Date of Sale: 27 April 2004 |
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