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

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Important Irish Art | 29th March 2017
Oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm (20 x 24’’)
Signed; signed and dated (19)49 verso
Provenance: Artist’s family by descent.
Exhibited: Molton Gallery, London, Catalogue No.27.
This piece was painted in lateMay 1949. Basil Rákóczi was staying at ‘Le Nid’ villa inMenton in the south of France at the time,
a small villa in a poor state of repair. Whilst there he was prolific in his work and a number of important works were produced,
including this representation of two lovers. The lovers in question were himself and Maurice Brasseur, his new partner,
with whom he would be with for nearly 12 years. Maurice, also an artist, often signed his work Sarres (Alexander Sarres).
The two men collaborated for many years, Basil rekindling a similar symbiosis he had with Kenneth Hall some years earlier.
Our thanks to Christopher Rákóczi for his help in cataloguing this lot.
€ 2,000 - 3,000