Maurice McGonigal, P.R.H.A. (1900-1979)
Dubh Loch, on Erreloch Road from Roundstone
signed 'McGonigal' (lower left)
oil on linen laid on panel
14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1953
Literature
K. McConkey, A Free Spirit, Irish Art 1860-1969, London, 1990, p.174, p.175 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Pyms Gallery, The Irish Renasence, 1986.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, A Free Spirit, July 1990, no.58.
London, Pyms Gallery, An Ireland Imagined, November 1993, no.41, p.71 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
This work has been dated by the artist's son, Ciaran, to circa 1953. Toombeola and Eirrisbeag mountains lie in the background.