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Irish Art Auctioneers & Valuers

IRISH ART AUCTION Tuesday 26th March at 6pm

Irish Art Auctioneers & Valuers

AUCTION

The Royal College of Physicians,

VENUE:

No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

ON VIEW:

at de Veres, 35 Kildare Street, D2

Thursday 21st March 10am - 5pm Friday 22nd March 10am-5pm Saturday 23rd March 11am - 5pm Sunday 24th March 12pm - 5pm Monday 25th March 10am - 5pm Tuesday 26th March 10am - 5pm

1 Mainie Jellet 1897-1944 ABSTRACT COMPOSITION Gouache, 10" x 8" (25.5 x 20cm).

Provenance: Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin.€1500 - 2000

6 Robert Ballagh b.1943 MAN AND DELVAUX Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 16" (81.5 x 40.5cm), signed, inscribed & dated 1975 verso.

€3000 - 5000

10 Tony O’Malley HRHA 1913-2003 INSCAPE Oil on board, 24" x 48" (61 x 123cm), signed with initials, signed verso, opus No. 3260.

Tony O’Malley was born in Kilkenny. He worked as a clerk for a number of years and only began painting in the 1940s while convalescing from a lung operation. His subject matter was in the main, focused around nature. He was inspired by landscapes, figures, and birds. Aside from his distinctive style, O’Malley’s work is steeped in references to cultural history, site specificity and nature. He referred to his paintings as ‘inscapes’ as they allowed one to look beyond the motif in order to visualise the organic and spiritual essence of experience.

An O’Malley painting is a sensory experience, the surface of the board is deliberately scored, scraped and scratched to enhance its tactile quality, also making the viewer more conscious of the physical act of painting.

€7000 - 10000