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Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994) WEEDY FIELD AND TREES signed and dated [1967] lower right;...

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Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994) WEEDY FIELD AND TREES signed and dated [1967] lower right;...
Patrick Collins HRHA (1910-1994)
WEEDY FIELD AND TREES
signed and dated [1967] lower right; inscribed on reverse
oil on board
46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
Provenance:
David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin
Exhibited:
'Patrick Collins', Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, May - June 1968, catalogue no. 13
The muted green and earth tones of 'Weedy Field and Trees' successfully convey the irregularity yet softness of the Irish countryside. The nature of Collins' art is essentially rural. In it "we find land used both directly as a landscape subject and indirectly as an influence of Collins' use of light, colour and atmosphere"1. Here the overall colour is subdued interspersed with splashes of vibrant yellow as if to signify sunny spells in overcast Irish day. He is not depicting any particular place nor are there any topographical references. Instead he is creating "a timeless image of land" 2 devoid of any human presence. The painting is dominated by a soft green rather than the signature blue which suggests the open expanse of the weedy field in spite of the flat pictorial format.
1 Frances Ruane, Patrick Collins, The Arts Council, Dublin, 1982, pp.47-79
2 Op. cit., p.48
€40,000-€50,000 (IR £31,200-£39,000 approx.)
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