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60 GERARD DILLON (1916-1971) Model and canvasOil on board, 34.5 x 54.5cm (13½ x 21½’’)
Signed
Exhibited: Dublin RHA Annual Exhibition 1965, Catalogue No. 136
‘
Gerard Dillon Exhibition
’, Tulfarris Art Galley, June 1980, Catalogue No.16, where purchased.
Provenance: From the Collection of the late Cyril Murray, a friend of the artist from the 1940s.
This work which was exhibited at the RHA is part of a series the artist exhibited at the Dawson Gallery in April,
1965 entitled, ‘
Canvases and Clowns
.’
€ 4,000 - 6,000
The Cy r i l Mur ray Co l l ec t i on