Important Irish Art 30 November 2015

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Hector McDonnell ARUA (b.1947)

WARNER DAILEY’S KITCHEN, c.1973

oil on board

with title on reverse

50 x 60in. (127 x 152.40cm)

with Fischer Fine Art, London;Where purchased by the previous owner at their 1973 exhibition;By whom consigned to

Christie’s, London, 10 May 2007, lot 139;with Taylor Gallery, Belfast;Whyte’s, 26 May 2014, lot 170;Whence purchased by

the present owner

‘Hector McDonnell’, Hamet Gallery, London, 1973;’Hector McDonnell’, Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, July to August, 1981,

catalogue no. 13;’Hector McDonnell’, Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, December 2003 to March 2004

Exhibition catalogue, Hector McDonnell, Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, 1981, p. 11, no. 13 (illustrated);Exhibition catalogue,

Hector McDonnell, Belfast, Ulster Museum, 2003

Warner Dailey was an American antiques dealer, originally from New Jersey, living in London. His house in Earls Court

- the kitchen of which is depicted here - was an Aladdin’s Cave” of all sorts of collectibles from trench art to ancient

animal skeletons to 1960s plastic furniture. He was a constant supplier of props for films and television, and some of his

various specialised collections made successful auctions. Malcolm Forbes met Dailey at Christie’s, where he worked, in

the early 1970s. Dailey showed Forbes the dilapidated Battersea House which Forbes renovated and set up as home for

his London collection. He set up Dailey in his own business and employed him to add to the Forbes collections. We are

grateful to the artist for his help in cataloguing this painting, which he regards as one of his best works.”

€6000-€8000 (£4320-£5760 approx.)

IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015