WHYTES IMPORTANT IRISH ART 30 MAY 2016

IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 MAY 2016 AT 6PM

Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994)

OFFSHORE ISLAND, 1970

oil on board

signed lower right; with Ritchie Hendriks Gallery [Dublin] label on reverse

11.5 by 15.75in. (29.21 by 40.01cm)

Provenance:

Purchased from the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin by the State University of New York at Albany;

A gift from the University to Chairman of the Art Department, Professor Edward Cowley, Jr.;

Thence to the present owner

Edward Cowley was Professor of Art at the Albany State College, New York. In May 1956 Cowley held a solo

at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin having been awarded a fellowship for a year’s study in Ireland. While

in Ireland he attended Trinity College and the National College of Art, Dublin. On a subsequent trip the pres-

ent painting was purchased by Prof. Cowley on behalf of the State University of New York at Albany.

€3,000-€5,000 (£2,360-£3,940 approx.)