WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH ART MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT 6PM

70 44 Nano Reid (1900-1981) MEGALITHIC TOMB oil on canvas signed lower left 14 by 18in. (35.6 by 45.7cm) Frame Size: 19 by 23in. (48.3 by 58.4cm) Provenance: Contents sale, 19 Raceview Road, Broughshane, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, James H. McKinney & Son, August 1989; Private collection; Whyte’s, 19 September 2006, lot 10; Private collection Relates to the artist’s 1963 composition, Where Oengus Og Magnificently Dwells, which sold through these rooms in November 2003 (lot 59). The title of the larger composition links both works to the megalithic tomb at Newgrange, where the mythological figure of Oengus Og traditionally lived. €6,000-€8,000 (£5,040-£6,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot44