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Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978)
Boats at Harbour
Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.6cm (12 x 16”)
Signed
Provenance: Purchased in 1976 from Seán Ó Criadáin by John P. Reihill; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Exhibited: “Onlookers in France” ExhibitionThe Crawford Gallery October - November 1993
Literature: “Onlookers in France” by Julian Campbell 1993 Full page illustration Page 35
Financially independent from the time of the death of her parents, Mary Swanzy travelled extensively and with the excep-
tion of two extended periods during the First and Second World Wars, painted infrequently in Ireland. As she rarely dated
her paintings and varied her style considerably throughout her career it is impossible to date this painting precisely. Stylis-
tically it bears a relationship to a painting entitled
Donegal
, painted in 1943 and one of the few of the artist’s dated works.
It may, however be a view of Kilkeel Harbour, Co. Down, as certain unillustrated catalogue entries confirm the existence
of a number of views of the harbour there.
€4,000 - 6,000
The Deepwell Collection