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WHYTESS I N C E 1 7 8 3
, The Jim O’Driscoll Collection
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Barrie Cooke HRHA ( b.1931)
TAMAK’S CLEARING (EDGE OF
THE JUNGLE), 1975
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated on
reverse; with descriptive passage
by the artist inscribed on reverse;
also with David Hendriks
exhibition and framing labels on
reverse
39.75 by 39.75in. (100.97 by
100.97cm)
Provenance:
David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin;
Whence purchased by Mr & Mrs
W. O’Sullivan, May 1976;
Adam’s, 27 September, 2001, lot
84 as Edge of the Jungle
Exhibited:
‘Barrie Cooke’, David Hendriks
Gallery, Dublin, 22 April - 15 May,
1976, catalogue no. 11 (as
Tamak’s Clearing)
Artist’s descriptive passage verso
reads:
“Edge of the jungle (Tamak’s
clearing). This is just as you step
up out of black. Where Sinak &
Tamak had made a hole, a
plantation. On the way to Pa
Umor. A log track over. His grove
of the ubi cayu. (All chickens killed
by leopard so we ate mushrooms!)
& ubi! More difcult to walk out
jungle than inside it.”
€5,000-€7,000
(£4,100-£5,700 approx).
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Brian Bourke HRHA ( b.1936)
SWITZERLAND, 1972
coloured pencil on paper
signed, titled and dated lower
right
19 by 13.75in. (48.26 by 34.93cm)
€800-€1,200
(£655-£983 approx).