Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 1st June 2022

96 63 COLINWATSON (B.1966) Woman Asleep Oil on linen, 25 x 30.5cm (9¾ x 12’’) Signed with initials Provenance: With Pyms Gallery; purchased directly from the artist, 2000. € 800 - 1,200 64 COLINWATSON (B.1966) The Unfortunate Traveller (1990/91) Oil on canvas, 153 x 91.5cm (60 x 36’’) Signed; also signed verso Exhibited: Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Banquet Exhibition, 1991, where purchased by the present owners. In recent correspondence with Dickon Hall, the artist discussed this painting : ‘Although a narrative is suggested, nothing is explicitly revealed or pinned down. At the time the painting was made I was very much interested in the novels and short stories of Paul Bowles, the American writer who had been living in Tangier since the early 1950’s. The painting has certain qualities that could be associated with Bowles writings however nothing in the picture corresponds directly to any of his stories. The setting is north Afri- can but again no specific location is depicted.’ € 5,000 - 7,000