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Phoebe Donovan (1902-1998)
HOUSE AMONG THE OLIVE GROVES, PROVENCE
oil on canvas board
signed lower left
20 by 24in. (50.80 by 60.96cm)
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 22 February 2005, lot 142;
Private collection
Painted c.1960s-1970s in Provence, where the artist had a cousin
with whom she used to holiday. For a biography of this Wexford-
born artist, see Snoddy, pp. 142-143.
€800-€1,000 (£655-£819 approx).
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George Russell “Æ” (1867-1935)
NIGHT SCENE WITH COTTAGES AT BASE OF A MOUNTAIN
oil on canvas
signed in monogram lower right; with Dawson Gallery framing
label on reverse
16.25 by 21.50in. (41.28 by 54.61cm)
Possibly a view of the Great Sugar Loaf, Co. Wicklow.
€1,000-€1,500 (£819-£1,229 approx).
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Alicia Boyle RBA (1908-1997)
DOCKEN ORCHARD, 1962
oil on canvas
signed with initials lower right; with title and date of
varnishing inscribed on reverse; with artist’s address
[Eccleston Sq., London, SW1] on reverse; with artist’s 1998
Studio Sale label also on reverse
14 by 18in. (35.56 by 45.72cm)
Provenance:
de Vere’s, ‘The Studio Works of Alicia Boyle’, 17 November
1998;
Private collection
Born in Bangkok of Irish parents, Alicia Boyle studied at the
Byam Shaw School of Art from 1929-1934 and travelled
extensively through Europe. She exhibited regularly with the
Oireachtas, the RWS and the IELA. A retrospective of her work
was held at the Crawford Gallery, Cork, shortly before her death.
€400-€600 (£327-£491 approx).