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Colin Middleton MBE RHA (1910-1983)
MANNA, 1951
oil on canvas
signed upper right; signed, titled, dated [Jan/March] and numbered [107] on reverse;
with original inscribed label also on reverse
30 by 26in. (76.20 by 66.04cm)
Provenance:
Victor Wadding Galleries, Dublin;
Where purchased by Mr & Mrs Burness, New York (January 1957);
Freeman’s, 8 December 2002, lot 31
Exhibited:
‘Paintings, Colin Middleton’, Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin, 9-20 April 1953,
exhibition no. 15, Manna [£150-0-0]
The exhibition comprised thirty works in oil, Mannabeing the most expensive shown.
Manna is an edible substance that, according to Abrahamic doctrine, God provided for the Israelites
during their travels in the desert according to the Bible and the Qur’an. During the period of 1950 to
1955 Colin Middleton was living in Ardglass, Co. Down and painting full-time under contract with
the Victor Waddington Galleries in Dublin. His subjects included rocky landscapes and seascapes as
well as Biblical quotations, the latter being the source of inspiration for this oil. Manna was exhibited
with Waddington, alongside twenty-nine other works in oil, and was the most expensive shown.
€20,000-€30,000 (£17,200-£25,800 approx.)
WHYTESSINCE 1783
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