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Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
THE RAILWAY YARD
gouache on board
signed lower right
20
by 26in. (50.80 by 66.04cm)
Provenance:
Oriel Gallery, Dublin;
Private collection
Literature:
O’Kelly, Paul,
Markey at the Oriel,
Oriel Gallery, Dublin
&
Nicholson & Bass Ltd., Belfast, 2008, p.40
(
referenced) p.46 (full page illustration)
In Markey at the Oriel,
O’Kelly notes that “Trains were hardly
a Markey leitmotif and
The Railway Yard
shows that he was
unafraid of unfamiliar, challenging subjects.There is detail in
the engines and the tracks, and yet the composition is not
over-fussy. It works, there is a feeling of life, rhythm and
machine energy - and Markey manages to combine a kind
of affectionate realism with the graphic simplicity by which
we readily recognise most of his pictures.”
€
5,000-
€
7,000 (
£4,000-£5,600 approx)
183
Markey Robinson (1918-1999)
STILL LIFE WITH BANJO
gouache on card
signed lower right; with title on reverse
21.75
by 13.25in. (55.25 by 33.66cm)
€
1,500-
€
2,000 (
£1,250-£1,600 approx)