Country Scene by Maurice MacGonigal PRHA (1900 1979)

Country Scene

Date: N.D. Dimensions: 75.25 × 62 × 75.25cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by James A Healy, 1975 (Josephine C Healy Memorial Collection) Description: The son of a painter and decorator from Sligo, Maurice MacGonigal was born in Dublin and gained his early art education through

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Study towards an Image of W.B. Yeats by Louis Le Brocquy (1916 – 2012)

Study towards an Image of W.B. Yeats

Date: 1984 Dimensions: 65.5 × 52.5cm Medium: Lithograph on handmade Japanese paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Atelier Chave, Vence, edition 30

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The Tain, Mare & Foals by Louis Le Brocquy (1916 – 2012)

The Táin, Mare & Foals

Date: 1969 Dimensions: 54 × 38cm Medium: Lithograph on swiftbrook paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Edition of 70 proofs Purchased in 1970 Description: The original Táin published by Dolmen Press in 1969 was applauded as being the great Irish livre d’artiste of the twentieth century comprises 123 illustrations. The same

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The Tain, Lion by Louis Le Brocquy (1916 – 2012)

The Táin, Lion

Date: 1969 Dimensions: 54 × 38cm Medium: Lithograph on swiftbrook paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Edition of 70 proofs Purchased in 1970 Description: The original Táin published by Dolmen Press in 1969 was applauded as being the great Irish livre d’artiste of the twentieth century comprises 123 illustrations. The same

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The Táin, Cúchulainn Mounting Into His Chariot by Louis le Brocquy (1916 – 2012)

The Táin, Cúchulainn mounting into his chariot

Date: c. 1969 Dimensions: 54 × 38cm Medium: Lithograph on swiftbrook paper Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Edition of 70 proofs. Purchased in 1970 Description: The original Táin published by Dolmen Press in 1969 was applauded as being the great Irish livre d’artiste of the twentieth century comprises 123 illustrations. The

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Leaving the Far Point by Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957)

Leaving the Far Point

Date: 1946 Dimensions: 45 × 34.5cm Medium: Oil on canvas Collection: Niland Collection Provenance: Presented by the artist to Sligo Corporation in 1954. Description: Jack Yeats gave this painting to his wife Cottie on her birthday in 1947. She died two months later. It shows Yeats, Cottie and his favourite

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