Patrick Collins, H.R.H.A. 1911 - 1994

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Bidding Closed

Description

Patrick Collins, H.R.H.A.
Beyond the Bog
signed
oil on board
90 by 120.5cm.; 35½ by 37½in.

Provenance

Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

Exhibited

Dublin, Gallagher Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Vincent and Noeleen Ferguson collection, January - March 1993.

Catalogue Note

Before moving to Paris in 1971, Collins worked in Connemara for nine months digging ditches and produced a series of Bog pictures such as Bog Country (1970, Coll. Arts Council of Ireland). The palette for the series, evident in the present work, largely consists of yellows and browns which creates an earthy atmosphere producing a strong element of light from within the composition.