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Patrick Swift (1927-1983)
STILL LIFE, c.1960-1961
oil on board
numbered [104] in red on reverse; with the remains of a portrait on reverse
48 by 30in. (121.92 by 76.20cm)
Provenance:
The artist’s studio;
Private collection;
Private Collector Gallery, Cork;
Whence purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited:
‘Patrick Swift 1927-1983’, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2, December 1993 to 13 February 1994,
catalogue no. 43
Literature:
‘Patrick Swift 1927-1983’, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 1993, no. 43 (illustrated p.72)
The exhibition catalogue for the 1993 retrospective situates the present work in the artist’s London
period from 1955-1962 and notes: Painted in his later sketchy style, this still-life gives a suggestion of
light shining in from a window. Swift does not usually attempt to represent the effects of light and shade
in a realistic manner, in fact his earlier paintings show his use of light in an arbitrary manner to create
particular effects.
€6,000-€8,000 (£5,450-£7,270 approx.)
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