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Important Irish Art
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wednesday 4th December 2013 at 6pm
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Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
Inis Mór, Clew Bay, Mayo
Indian ink and watercolour, 9.5 x 17cm (3¾ x 6¾”)
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘46, also signed, inscribed and dated verso
This is one of a number of small watercolour and ink works that le Brocquy made while visiting Ernie O’Malley in the West of
Ireland.This intimate piece is evocative of the unique landscape and climate of the west in its apparent spontaneity and its rustic
naturalistic colouring.Two similar landscapes and two landscapes with figures dating to the same year are in the Irish American
Cultural Institute’s O’Malley Collection, which is on long term loan to the University of Limerick. Given the similarity in
date and the inscription ‘O’Malley’ on the back of the work, it is likely that it too was once in the collection, which belonged
to Helen Hooker O’Malley, Ernie’s wife.
€4,000 - 6,000
