WHYTE'S in association with CHRISTIE'S - The Ernie O'Malley Collection MONDAY 25 November 2019

Matthew Slack BA MA Curator Gráinne Conlon ACCA Company Accountant Ian Whyte Managing Director Licensed Auctioneer 001759-002045 Marianne Whyte Operations Director Adelle Hughes BA MA Associate Director Head of Art Sarah Gates BA Consultant Licensed Auctioneer 001759-002046 Cairell Ryan BA Event Coordinator CONTENTS Whyte's Terms & Conditions 6 Important Notes 7 Ernie O’Malley and the Arts 8 Helen Hooker and Ernie O’Malley 15 A Short Biography of Ernie O’Malley 16 Auction catalogue 22 Ernie O’Malley and Jack B. Yeats 46 Jack B. Yeats and Oskar Kokoschka 52 Some letters from Jack B. Yeats to Ernie O’Malley 1939-1949 62 ‘Introduction’ for the Jack B. Yeats National Loan Exhibition, 1945 88 Louis le Brocquy by Earnán O’Malley 108 Louis le Brocquy – Works in this Auction 109 The Ernie O’Malley Collection of Art 163 Ernie O’Malley Bibliography andWritings 165 Abbreviations 169 Topographical and General Index 169 Index of Artists inside back We are grateful for the contributions to this catalogue by Jennifer Duignam, Dickon Hall, Siobhán Kelly Gordon, Dr Róisín Kennedy, Seán Kissane, Ciarán MacGonigal, Catherine Marshall, Cormac K. H. O’Malley and Dr Yvonne Scott. We would also like to thank the staff of the Gallery of Photography Ireland, especially Trish Lambe and Tanya Kiang, The University of Limerick Art Collection, especially Yvonne Davis, The Irish Visual Artist Organisation, especially Chris Walsh, The National Irish Visual Arts Library, the National Library of Ireland and the many artists, art historians, collectors, dealers and galleries who have assisted in our research for this catalogue. Copyright 2019 Whyte & Sons Auctioneers Limited. All rights reserved. ENQUIRIES This catalogue: Peter Whyte pw@whytes.ie Ian Whyte iw@whytes.ie Bernard Williams bwilliams@christies.com Accounts: Gráinne Conlon Bids & General Enquiries: Cairell Ryan CONTACTS E-mail info@whytes.ie or bids@whytes.ie Telephone +353 1 676 2888 Postal address 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin D02 KF80, Ireland Websites whytes.ie whytes.com bid.whytes.ie christies.com All Whyte’s catalogues are checked against The Art Loss Register of stolen or missing works of art and antiques. Michelle Bourke BA Administrator BernardWilliams MRICS Director, Christie’s Rachel Hidderley BA Senior Director, Christie’s Christine Ryall BA Christie’s Representative in Ireland Peter Whyte BA Associate Director Licensed Auctioneer 001759-006389 Whyte’s Christie’s 5 THE ERNIE O’MALLEY COLLECTION · 25 NOVEMBER 2019 AT 6PM