Adam's The Antoinette and Patrick J.Murphy Collection 23rd October 2019

40 27 MARY SWANZY HRHA (1882-1978) Cubist Landscape Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 60cm (15.5 x 23.6“) Signed This landscape belongs to the school of Synthetic Cubism where vision becomes the subject of the painting. The fracturing of the subject, a small harbor of boats on the left, framed by the artificial walls on one side and the natural landscape in the distance is achieved using narrow elliptical forms that mirror the contours of the boats. Swanzy defies the conventions of cubism by continuing to create perspective within the painting and using the splitting of the image to assist her in this exer- cise. Her palette is controlled in a complex study where the vertical arcs adopt neutral tones while the oranges and yellows flattened the plane. Her technical articulation of colour in this manner is unlike any other of the Irish cubist painters. Liz Cullinane, September 2019 € 15,000 - 20,000