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Daniel O'Neill (1920-1974)
Starting Bid: €4,800
Estimate:
€6,000 - €8,000
Ended
Timed Auction
Online Summer Art Sale
ARTIST
Daniel O'Neill (1920-1974)
Size
14 by 18in. (35.6 by 45.7cm)
Description
Title: BIRD'S NEST, 1950
Note: Daniel O'Neill's work had been exhibited in 1947 New York as part of a group show in association with the American Artists Galleries and the following year in a group show held in Los Angeles. In 1950, his dealer Victor Waddington organised a travelling group exhibition in America, which included Daniel O'Neill, Gerard Dillon and George Campbell in association with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and New Irish Painters. The present work was included in that important exhibition.
Frame size: 18 by 22in. (46 by 56cm.)
Note: Daniel O'Neill's work had been exhibited in 1947 New York as part of a group show in association with the American Artists Galleries and the following year in a group show held in Los Angeles. In 1950, his dealer Victor Waddington organised a travelling group exhibition in America, which included Daniel O'Neill, Gerard Dillon and George Campbell in association with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and New Irish Painters. The present work was included in that important exhibition.
Frame size: 18 by 22in. (46 by 56cm.)
Condition
Good stable condition. Some minor surface dirt visible. Areas of impasto appear intact and stable. Painting is presented unglazed in what appears to be its original frame.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed upper left; inscribed with artist name, title and original owner 's name on Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts label on reverse; also dated [1950] in pencil on reverse
Provenance
David Rago, 09 Nov 2019Lambertville NJ, United StatesPrivate collection, Virginia;David Rego, American & European Art, 9 November 2019, Lambertville, New Jersey, lot 748;Private collection
Exhibited
Boston Institute for Contemporary Art, 1950
