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The McClelland Collection
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Tony O’Malley HRHA (1913-2003)
THE GROVE STUDIO, 1983
Gobelin style woven tapestry
with artist’s initials in the weave lower left; titled on reverse
68 x 44½in. (172.72 x 113.03cm)
€8000-€10000 (£6840-£8550 approx.)
Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 58Provenance:
Collection of George and Maura McClelland
Around 1983 George McClelland approached Wexford weaver Terry Dunne to create five unique
tapestries based on original artworks by Tony O’Malley from his collection. According to Dunne, these
tapestries were originally intended for inclusion in the artist’s Arts Council Retrospective in 1984 however
this idea was never realised. Instead the artworks remained in the McClelland private collection unseen
by the public until now.
We are grateful to Terry Dunne for his kind assistance in cataloguing these works.
Dunne continues his successful practice in County Wexford and has since produced commissioned
pieces for O’Malley’s wife Jane, Michael Smurfit & The K Club, Co. Kildare, Monaghan Cathedral, Dublin
City University, Irish Life Beresford Place, Dublin and Green Isle Foods among others.
For further reading see:
www.terrytheweaver.ie