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Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (b.1932)
THREE GOATS
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
The Collection of the late Jim O’Driscoll SC
A remarkable aspect of Basil Blackshaw’s painting is his ability to evoke a sense of physical solidity with a minimum of
means. Areas of canvas or board are often left untouched and frequently paint is used so thinly that it hardly seems
possible that the effects of space, solid form, texture and movement that he creates have been achieved. In Three Goats
the manner in which Blackshaw pulls and sweeps paint around the canvas creates a pervasive sense of restlessness
within the weather-beaten landscape as if the wind has left in place only a few solidly defined objects; a stone wall,
the distant mountains and the small group of goats. Muted tones run across the painting, finding a unity of mood and
bringing the various planes of the landscape together.Dickon HallNovember 2015
€15000-€20000 (£10800-£14400 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 46IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015