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Stephen Bone NEAC (1904-1958)
THE CUSTOM HOUSE, DUBLIN
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled and with artist’s address
[140 Haverstock Hill, NW7] on reverse
12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
Born in London, the son of artist Sir Muirhead Bone and
author Gertrude Dodd, Stephen Bone first exhibited at
the NEAC at the age of sixteen, and shortly afterward
enrolled at the Slade School of Art (1922-24). In 1928
he collaborated with his friend, the Irish artist William
Eric Horsbrugh-Porter (see lot 132), painting murals for
Piccadilly Underground; the pair also shared a flat in
Knightsbridge. The following year he married the artist
Mary Adshead, and together they travelled across Britain,
Italy and Greece. Around the same time Bone seems
to have also visited Ireland, for in 1929 he held a joint
exhibition with another Irish artist, Sine MacKinnon, at
the Fine Art Society, London, where he exhibited mainly
Connemara landscapes. At the outbreak of World War
II he re-visited Dublin; it was during this visit in 1939
that Bone exhibited the work, The Walls of Dublin, at the
RHA. During the war he served as a camouflage officer
(1939-43) and as an official war artist attached to the
navy (1943-45). He returned to Dublin in 1947, painting
views of O’Connell Street Bridge, the Customs House and
Trinity College (all of which sold through these rooms, 19
November 2001, lots 19 and 20 and 19 September, 2006 lot
29, respectively).
Estimate €600-€800 (£520-£690)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 3435
William Mason (1906-2002)
BUTT BRIDGE, DUBLIN, 1970
pastel
signed and dated lower left
8¼ x 11¾in. (20.96 x 29.85cm)
Provenance:
Collection of George and Maura McClelland
Estimate €600-€800 (£520-£690)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 35