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Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)
Abstract Composition
Gouache, 20 x 19cm (8 x 7"”)
Provenance: From the artist’s family by descent. Sold by them in 1987 to raise funds for
the “Mainie Jellett Fund” that provides grants to assist Irish students from TCD and
NCAD to travel abroad and study works of art.
Exhibited : “Mainie Jellett Exhibition”, November/December 1987,!e Taylor
Galleries, Cat. No. 15
Summer Exhibition, Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, 1999, Cat. No. 18 where
purchased by current owner.
Literature :
Mainie Jellett
1987 Catalogue - Front cover illustration
!is early work by Jellett from 1922 is a study for a large oil of the same year, exhibited
with the Independents in Paris in 1923, being one of four works Jellett exhibited that
year.
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