Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 21st October 2019

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 21 st O ctober 2019 at 6.00 pm 167 151 Nano Reid RHA (1905-1981) Horse at the Gate signed lower right and titled verso mixed media 42 x 29.5cm (16.5 x 11.5in) Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection €1,200-1,800 (£1,061-1,592) Nano Reid’s uncompromisingly bold, linear compositions, shallow pictorial space and muted, even muddy palette, with subdued flushes of brighter colour, set her apart in Irish art history. She absorbed modernism through her studies, including in Paris, but she remained firmly rooted in her native Drogheda and her paintings are steeped in the rich archaeological terrain of the Boyne Valley, her local stamping ground. The lives of people outside societal conventions, were a frequent subject. Fellow artists held her in very high esteem.

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