Lot 132
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Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)
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Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)

Pintail, Lough Gara, Co. Sligo (illustrated); and Greylags, Lough Gara

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Hugh C. Monahan (1914-1970)
Pintail, Lough Gara, Co. Sligo (illustrated); and Greylags, Lough Gara
the first signed and dated 'H MONAHAN/1947' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed 'Pintail, Lough Gara/by/Hugh Monahan' (on a label attached to the frame); the second signed and dated 'H MONAHAN/1948' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed 'Greylags Lough Gara/by/Hugh Monahan' (on a label attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
a pair (2)
Provenance
with Rowland Ward, London.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Born in Dublin, Monahan studied at Pembroke College Cambridge and then after a short period in the army at the Slade School of Art, London. He served as President of the Wildfowler's Association of Great Britain and Ireland from 1953 until 1956 when he and his family left England to settle in British Columbia. He died on 23 November 1970 from a heart attack, having left his home in Vancouver that morning to go duck shooting.

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