ADAM'S - IMPORTANT IRISH ART, WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

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Oil on canvas laid on board, 36.5 x 45cm (14¼ x 17¾’’)

Provenance: Artist’s family by descent.

This painting represents one of two themes that the artist regularly returned to, fish and, in this painting, a bird in flight. Both represent

freedom. It was a juxtaposition against another regular theme about feeling trapped or hemmed in, which often featured in some form

in his work. This piece was painted on the island of Majorca where, from the mid 1960s, Basil would spend many months every spring

and summer, painting and drawing. He had had a weak chest since childhood and the warm summers on the island helped compensate

for that

Our thanks to Christopher Rákóczi for his help in cataloguing this lot.

€ 1,000 - 1,500