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38 29 Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) BIRD’S NEST, 1950 oil on canvas signed upper left; inscribed with artist name, title and original owner ‘s name on Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts label on reverse; also dated [1950] in pencil on reverse 14 by 18in. (35.6 by 45.7cm) Frame: 18 by 22in. (46 by 56cm.) Condition: Good stable condition. Some minor surface dirt visible. Areas of impasto appear intact and stable. Painting is presented unglazed in what appears to be its original frame. Provenance: David Rago, 09 Nov 2019 Lambertville NJ, United States Private collection, Virginia; David Rego, American & European Art, 9 November 2019, Lambertville, New Jersey, lot 748; Private collection Exhibited: Boston Institute for Contemporary Art, 1950 Daniel O’Neill’s work had been exhibited in 1947 New York as part of a group show in association with the American Artists Galleries and the following year in a group show held in Los Angeles. In 1950, his dealer Victor Waddington organised a travelling group exhibition in America, which included Daniel O’Neill, Gerard Dillon and George Campbell in association with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and New Irish Painters. The present work was included in that important exhibition. €6,000-€8,000 (£5,410-£7,210 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot29