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Gladys Maccabe HRUA ROI FRSA ( b.1918)
BEFORE THE RACE
oil with gouache on board
signed lower left; with typed label detailing title
on reverse
19.50 by 26.50in. (49.53 by 67.31cm)
€2,500-€3,500 (£2,049-£2,868 approx).
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Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
WINTER, MOURNE MOUNTAINS
oil on board
signed lower right; signed again and with title on reverse
14 by 34in. (35.56 by 86.36cm)
Provenance:
Purchased by the previous owner in the mid 1960s from the Caldwell Galleries, Belfast
The 1960s and 70s were defning years for Markey Robinson. Specifc catalysts which efected a change in his practice at this
time included the break-up of his marriage and the gradual departure of his wife and daughters to the United States. Paul
O’Kelly (Markey at The Oriel, The Oriel Gallery, Dublin, 2008, p.18) notes, “This was to be a turning-point in his life, providing
him with a melancholic leitmotif - the retreating female form - for his paintings…” ‘The troubles’ in Northern Ireland at the
beginning of the 1960s also shaped him in that he would now lose Belfast as his “centre of gravity” (ibid) by relocating to
Dublin. The move however strengthened his relationship with The Oriel Gallery and sales of his work facilitated travel abroad.
€3,000-€4,000 (£2,459-£3,278 approx).