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Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994)
STAGE SET FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
mixed media on paper
7_ x 10_in. (19.69 x 26.04cm)
Frances Ruane suggests it was literature rather than the visual arts that nurtured Collins’ childhood imagination, and it
was the work of modern Irish writers like W.B. Yeats, Synge and Joyce that stimulated him as a young adult. (1) The title of
the present work pays homage to Synge’s role in his early development as a painter. Footnotes:1. Ruane, Frances, Patrick
Collins, An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council, Dublin; The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast , 1982, p.23-25
€1800-€2200 (£1296-£1584 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 45IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015