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

THE ERNIE O’MALLEY COLLECTION · 25 NOVEMBER 2019 AT 6PM 95 42 John Piper CH (British 1903-1992) LOGS ON A FEN ROAD watercolour and gouache signed lower left 16 by 26in. (40.6 by 66cm) Provenance: Collection of Ernie O’Malley; Thence by family descent John Piper visited Ireland on a number of occasions, including during WorldWar II, to visit his friend John Betjeman, who was an attaché at the British Embassy, and thought by many to be a spy. Artist Patrick Pye recalls attending, with his mother, an exhibition of paintings by Piper “There were a lot of paintings of bombed buildings in Britain, with wonderful pediments and classical facades”. Piper exhibited in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1944 and 1945, where O’Malley became acquainted with him. Correspondence with Piper is in Ernie O’Malley’s archive at New York University. €4,000-€6,000 (£3,510-£5,260 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 42