Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction
Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction
Property from the Collection of the late Norman Frank Paul Butler
Gerard Dillon
The Cottage Door
Auction Closed
November 22, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Gerard Dillon
1916 - 1971
The Cottage Door
signed Gerald Dillon (lower right); titled (on the reverse)
oil on board
unframed: 50.5 by 40.5cm.; 19¾ by 16in.
framed: 65.5 by 54.5cm.; 25¾ by 21½in.
Executed circa 1956.
We are grateful to Karen Reihill for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Dawson Gallery, Dublin, where acquired by Norman Butler in the 1970s and thence by descent to the present owner
Dublin, Dawson Gallery, Gerard Dillon, October 1957, no. 30
Norman Frank Paul Butler (1918-2011) was a polo player and thoroughbred breeder. In 1960 he bought Kilboy Castle, Co. Tipperary and lived there until 1980. His horses raced with successes in Ireland, England and France. He built a collection of art that include Irish works amongst notable French Modern painters.